Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Hoverguard Sweepers
GWU identity
Commander legal
The 3 combo pieces
What must be in place
Helga has power 8 or greater and does not have summoning sickness.
How to execute it
- Activate Helga by tapping it, adding at least eight {U} that can only be spent to cast creature spell with mana value 4 or greater or with {X} in their mana cost.
- Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying its mana cost.
- 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, causing you to untap Helga.
- When Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning it and up to one other creature from the battlefield to their owner's 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 storm count
- Return a portion of target creatures to their owner's hand