Basically, this deck will consistently win by turn 4 so long as you have an
Aluren
and Imperial Recruiter in your hand. Demonic Tutor is just to improve the consistency of this process.
Turn 4 play generally consists of the following:
- Tap 4 mana for
Aluren
Now we want to begin our fetching of creatures.
- Cast Imperial Recruiter from your hand and search out
Dream Stalker
Next we need to grab Imperial Recruiter back.
- Cast
Dream Stalker
returning Imperial Recruiter to your hand
Now that we have our fetcher back, we need to grab our next combo piece.
- Cast Imperial Recruiter from your hand and search for Cavern Harpy
Now we can start combo'ing out any creature we want. To do this:
- Cast Cavern Harpy from your hand, returning
Dream Stalker
. Then cast
Dream Stalker
fetching back Imperial Recruiter. Once that's back we can repeat this process, putting any 2 power or less creature into out hand by paying the one life from Cavern Harpy.
List of available infinite combos using this process:
Infinite Life Essence Warden
Infinite Graveyard Retrieval Eternal Witness
Infinite Creatures Seller of Songbirds
Infinite Mana Cloud of Faeries
Infinite Counterspells
Mystic Snake
or Venser, Shaper Savant or Judge's Familiar
Infinite Mind Controls Gilded Drake +
Man-o'-War
Infinite Mind Slavers Mindslaver
Infinite Power/Toughness
Storm Entity
Infinite Creature Destruction
Bone Shredder
Infinite Turns Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Infinite Draw Coiling Oracle
Infinite Annihilation Rishadan Cutpurse
Plus whatever other combos I've missed.
Personally, I'd start with Essence Warden to gain life whilst doing this process which negates the life loss from Cavern Harpy. That's the first infinite combo, with the possibility to gain however much life you see fit.
Next combo is infinite mana with Cloud of Faeries. Using the same method as before, you bring Cloud of Faeries in twice, making it untap your 4 lands, then repeat this process whilst tapping your lands for mana to produce infinite mana.
Infinite mana leads to infinite mill using Stroke of Genius. Also, if you're playing in a multiplayer game, you can fetch Stroke of Genius back really easily with the use of Eternal Witness.
The next infinite combo and easiest win con is with
Parasitic Strix
. Once again, using the same return method, you play
Parasitic Strix
enough times to kill off all of your opponents.
Of course we need to consider the possibility of having any of these spells countered. This combo is so efficient that it has its own anti counter system available which doubles as an infinite counter option as well.
There's 3 different ways available for this.
Firstly, with the use of Venser, Shaper Savant. Though you can't play him for free using
Aluren
the beauty of instant speed allows you to pull off everything in response to them countering your spells. Therefore, just create infinite mana with Cloud of Faeries, and then use Imperial Recruiter to grab Venser, Shaper Savant, returning the spell to its owners hand.
Secondly, with the use of Judge's Familiar. Coupling this combo at instant speed, you can use Eternal Witness to bring it back and sac it as many times necessary in order to counter the spell.
Lastly, with the use of
Mystic Snake
. This is the same spell that allows you to counter every spell for the rest of the game. Using Cavern Harpy, you can return
Mystic Snake
to your hand as many times as you need all at instant speed. With the use of infinite mana from Cloud of Faeries you can then play it as many times as you want to as well.
Other fun infinite combos include:
Using our infinite mana combo from before, we can grant as much mana as we need then cast Coiling Oracle as many times necessary to draw into Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. Of course, you could use any Eldrazi but since this guy is practically a win-con by himself, I thought he'd be a fun one to include.
Again, using the infinite mana combo to cast Mindslaver then saccing it and retrieving it with Eternal Witness. Leyline of Anticipation makes this easier by allowing you to take control of every body's turn just before it reaches them, or you can cast it several times within your main phase.
Using Gilded Drake +
Man-o'-War
to steal a creature then bounce Gilded Drake back to your hand. Obviously, just like everything else, this process can be repeated an infinite number of times, allowing you to take every creature on the field as your own, all at instant speed!
Last thing to note is how I deal with cards like Leyline of Sanctity or Witchbane Orb, the answer is Qasali Pridemage which can, obviously, be brought back an infinite number of times with Eternal Witness.
Sorry for the long description, but it's a pretty intricate deck.
Suggestions are always welcome!
