Cryptic Trilobite + Essence Depleter + Light of Promise

Mana needed: {1}{C}

WB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Essence Depleter by paying {1}{C}, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
  2. Cryptic Trilobite triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  3. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}{C} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  4. Repeat.

What the combo produces