Tortured Existence + Insidious Roots + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- Tortured Existence
- Insidious Roots
- Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
- Color identity
- BG
- Mana
- {B}
Prerequisites
You have at least one creature card in your hand. You have at least one creature card in your graveyard.
Steps
- Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
- Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
How to execute this combo
The "Tortured Existence + Insidious Roots + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler" combo takes 4 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 creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite tapped creature tokens, Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures.
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.