Cadaverous Bloom + Xantcha, Sleeper Agent + Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Mana needed: {1}

BRGW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Xantcha on the battlefield under an opponent's control.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Xantcha for {1}, drawing a card and causing its controller to lose 2 life.
  2. Activate Cadaverous Bloom, exiling a card from your hand and adding {B}{B} or {G}{G}.
  3. Activate Xantcha twice using the mana generated, drawing 2 cards and losing Xantcha's controller 4 life.
  4. Activate Cadaverous Bloom exiling a card from your hand adding {B}{B} or {G}{G}.
  5. Repeat from step 3.
  6. If the player controlling Xantcha reaches a point where they only have 1 or 2 life remaining, you may hold priority and activate her any number of times before the player dies and she is exiled to draw as many of the remaining cards in your library as you wish.

What the combo produces