Geralf's Mindcrusher + Goldberry, River-Daughter + Phyrexian Altar + and 2 others
WUB identity
Commander legal
The 5 combo pieces
What must be in place
Thornbite Staff attached to Goldberry.
Goldberry does not have summoning sickness.
Goldberry and Geralf's Mindcrusher do not have a +1/+1 counter on it.
How to execute it
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Geralf's Mindcrusher, adding {U}.
- When Geralf's Mindcrusher dies, its undying ability and Goldberry trigger twice.
- Resolve the first Geralf's Mindcrusher trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- When Geralf's Mindcrusher enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing a player to mill five cards.
- Resolve the second Geralf's Mindcrusher trigger, doing nothing.
- Resolve the first Goldberry trigger, untapping it.
- Holding priority, activate Goldberry's first ability by tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Geralf's Mindcrusher onto Goldberry.
- Resolve the second Goldberry trigger from step 2, untapping it.
- Activate Goldberry's second ability by paying {U} and tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Goldberry onto Teysa, and causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat.
What the combo produces
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite ETB
- Near-infinite LTB
- Near-infinite mill