Bladewing the Risen + Molten Echoes
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield
- Color identity
- BR
- Mana
- {3}{B}{B}{R}{R} plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable
Prerequisites
"Dragon" or "Zombie" chosen with Molten Echoes.
Steps
- Cast Bladewing the Risen by paying {3}{B}{B}{R}{R} and commander tax, if applicable.
- Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Molten Echoes.
- Resolve the Bladewing the Risen trigger, choosing not to return anything to the battlefield.
- Resolve the Molten Echoes trigger, creating a token copy of Bladewing the Risen.
- Put the original Bladewing the Risen into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When the token Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Bladewing the Risen from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Put the original Bladewing the Risen into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When the nontoken Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Bladewing the Risen from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 7.
How to execute this combo
The "Bladewing the Risen + Molten Echoes" combo takes 9 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 death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Return some creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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.