Master of Cruelties + Satoru Umezawa

Mana needed: {2}{U}{B}

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

What must be in place

Master of Cruelties does not have summoning sickness.
You have a creature card in hand with power one or greater.
An opponent is unable to block Master of Cruelties.

How to execute it

  1. Declare Master of Cruelties as an attacker, attacking an opponent unable to block it.
  2. When Master of Cruelties isn't blocked, its ability triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate any creature card with power one or greater in your hand's ninjutsu ability by paying {2}{U}{B} and returning Master of Cruelties from the battlefield to your hand, putting the creature card onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
  4. Resolve the Master of Cruelties trigger, causing the blocking opponent's life total to become one.
  5. Deal combat damage with the attacking creature, causing the opponent's life total to become zero or less.
  6. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

What the combo produces