Anticausal Vestige + Cloudstone Curio + Clever Impersonator
Produces: Infinite card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite creature LTB
- Anticausal Vestige
- Cloudstone Curio
- Clever Impersonator
- Color identity
- U
- Mana
- {2}{U}{U}
Prerequisites
You control six or more lands.
Steps
- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Anticausal Vestige.
- When Clever Impersonator enters, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Anticausal Vestige from the battlefield to your hand.
- When Anticausal Vestige leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to draw a card and and put Anticausal Vestige from your hand onto the battlefield.
- When Anticausal Vestige enters, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator from the battlefield to your hand.
- When Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to draw a card and put Clever Impersonator from your hand onto the battlefield as a copy of Anticausal Vestige.
- Repeat from step 2.
How to execute this combo
The "Anticausal Vestige + Cloudstone Curio + Clever Impersonator" combo takes 6 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 card draw, Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite creature LTB.
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.