Aetherflux Reservoir + Cloudstone Curio + Defiler of Faith

W identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Your life total is at least 5.
You have a white nonartifact permanent card in hand with mana cost {W}.
You control a nontoken nonartifact white permanent with mana cost {W} that shares a card type with the card in hand.

How to execute it

  1. Cast the white permanent card in your hand by paying 2 life.
  2. Defiler of Faith and Aetherflux Reservoir triggers.
  3. Resolve the Defiler of Faith trigger, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
  4. Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast before it this turn.
  5. The white permanent enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning another nontoken nonartifact white permanent with mana cost {W} from the battlefield to your hand.
  6. Repeat.
  7. Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).

What the combo produces