Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom + Nest of Scarabs + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
WB identity
Commander legal
The 3 combo pieces
What must be in place
Lunarch Veteran can be on the battlefield transformed.
Your life total is at least 2.
You control at least one additional creature.
There is at least one other creature on the battlefield.
How to execute it
- Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- When the creature dies, Luminous Phantom triggers if it is on the battlefield, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any other creature and causing you to draw a card.
- If the creature who had the counter placed has 0 toughness, it dies as a state-based action.
- Nest of Scarabs triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
- When the Insect enters the battlefield, Lunarch Veteran triggers if it is on the battlefield, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat until your opponents do not control any more creatures, or until you draw your library.
- If you have cards remaining in your library, you may repeat this combo any time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
What the combo produces
- Near-infinite -1/-1 counters
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite ETB
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite LTB