Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Hardened Scales + Innkeeper's Talent
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana, Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- Crystalline Crawler
- Simic Ascendancy
- Hardened Scales
- Innkeeper's Talent
- Color identity
- GU
- Mana
- {1}{G}{U}
Steps
- Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying {1}{G}{U}, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {1}{G}{U}.
- Repeat.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
How to execute this combo
The "Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Hardened Scales + Innkeeper's Talent" combo takes 5 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 +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana, Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep.
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.