Animating Faerie // Bring to Life + Intruder Alarm + Maskwood Nexus

Mana needed: {2}{U}

U identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Creatures you control can tap to produce at least {3}.
Maskwood Nexus does not have summoning sickness.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Bring to Life by paying {2}{U}, causing Maskwood Nexus to become a 0/0 artifact creature, then putting four +1/+1 counters on it and exiling Bring to Life.
  2. Activate any number of mana-producing creatures you control by tapping them, adding at least {3}.
  3. Activate Maskwood Nexus by paying {3} and tapping it, creating a 2/2 Shapeshifter creature token.
  4. When the Shapeshifter enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
  6. If creatures you control can tap to produce at least {4}, this combo nets infinite mana.

What the combo produces