Lion's Eye Diamond + Auriok Salvagers
Produces: Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count, Return some artifact cards from your graveyard to your hand
- Color identity
- W
Steps
- Activate Lion's Eye Diamond by sacrificing it and discarding your hand, adding {W}{W}{W}.
- Activate Auriok Salvagers by paying {1}{W}, returning Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard to your hand.
- Cast Lion's Eye Diamond by paying {0}.
- Repeat any number of times, adding mana of any color in step 1 once you have an arbitrary amount of white mana.
- Once you have infinite mana, you may activate Auriok Salvagers once for each valid target.
How to execute this combo
The "Lion's Eye Diamond + Auriok Salvagers" 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 colored mana, Infinite storm count, Return some artifact cards from your graveyard to your hand.
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.