Illuminor Szeras + Thornbite Staff + Corpse Dance
Produces: Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count
- Illuminor Szeras
- Thornbite Staff
- Corpse Dance
- Color identity
- B
Prerequisites
Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness. Thornbite Staff attached to Illuminor Szeras. You control another nontoken creature with mana value six or greater.
Steps
- Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value six or greater, adding at least six {B}.
- The creature dies, triggering Illuminor Szeras, untapping Illuminor Szeras.
- Cast Corpse Dance with buyback by paying {4}{B}, returning the creature with mana value six or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield, and returning Corpse Dance to your hand.
- Repeat.
How to execute this combo
The "Illuminor Szeras + Thornbite Staff + Corpse Dance" 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 black mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite storm count.
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.