Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Palinchron
GWU identity
Commander legal
The 3 combo pieces
What must be in place
You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least {5}{U}{U}.
Helga does not have summoning sickness and has power 7 or greater.
How to execute it
- Activate Helga by tapping it, adding an amount of {U} equal to its power that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or with {X} in their mana cost.
- Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
- Cast Palinchron by paying {5}{U}{U}.
- Helga and Chakram Retriever trigger.
- Resolve the Helga trigger, causing you to draw a card, gain 1 life, and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga.
- Resolve the Chakram Retriever trigger, untapping Helga.
- Resolve the Palinchron spell.
- When Palinchron enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to seven lands.
- Activate Palinchron by paying {2}{U}{U}, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- Repeat.
What the combo produces
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Near-infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with X in their mana cost
- Near-infinite ETB
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite LTB
- Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Near-infinite storm count
- Near-infinite untap of lands you control