Nine Lives + Shadowspear + Zedruu the Greathearted

Mana needed: {1}{U}{R}{W}

URW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have a way to cause Nine Lives to leave the battlefield.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Zedruu by paying {U}{R}{W}, giving an opponent control of Nine Lives.
  2. If needed, activate Shadowspear by paying {1}, causing all permanents your opponents control to lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
  3. Cause Nine Lives to leave the battlefield.
  4. Nine Lives triggers, causing its controller to lose the game.

What the combo produces