Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Tandem Lookout
Produces: Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging, Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite damage
- Color identity
- UR
Prerequisites
Tandem Lookout is paired with Glint-Horn Buccaneer. You have a number of cards in hand greater than your maximum hand size.
Steps
- Proceed to your cleanup step, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size.
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer triggers for each card discarded this way.
- Resolve the first trigger, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat from step 3 for each remaining trigger.
- After all players pass priority, another cleanup step occurs, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size.
- Repeat from step 2.
How to execute this combo
The "Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Tandem Lookout" combo takes 7 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging, Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite damage.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.