I accidentally made infinite mana...
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Oct. 1, 2016, 6:54 a.m. by chirz2792
I was playing my Saffi Eriksdotter deck yesterday and I had saffi, Sun Titan, and Ashnod's Altar sitting on the field and I noticed that they made infinite colorless mana. It would also make infinite mana of any color with Phyrexian Altar. Anyway, just wanted to see what people thought.
aeonstoremyliver says... #4
Nice combo, and duly noted! You could dump all that colorless mana into a useful X casting cost spell like Entreat the Angels, Genesis Wave, or Helix Pinnacle.
October 1, 2016 10:57 a.m.
thijmnesoy says... #5
aeonstoremyliver woah!! with Helix Pinnacle! yes plz!
October 1, 2016 11:27 a.m.
Saffi Eriksdotter is like Mycosynth Lattice-it's shockingly easy to go infinite with either. You should probably consider adding more Saffi combos in your deck if you like that playstyle.
October 1, 2016 11:57 a.m.
Saffi also goes infinite with Karmic Guide, Loyal Retainers and Reveillark, among others.
This is pretty well known, and is typically the main strategy of Saffi decks. Along with comboing out with Boonweaver Giant and Pattern of Rebirth.
October 1, 2016 1:43 p.m.
@PhotogenicParasympathetic: I definitely need to add a couple of those. Should be interesting.
@thijmnesoy: Thanks. I ended up losing that game. It was awesome! And I do have a Helix Pinnacle...
@aeonstoremyliver: Yes! I need to add some X cards now because I was trying to figure out what to do with it. I got Duskwatch Recruiter Flip out and then someone dropped Mycosynth Lattice. I would've been able to get every creature in my deck and play them all out but I got Nev's disc'd :/.
@JA14732: I am thinking about it after that game.
@sonnet666: I didn't know this combo was well known. I posted it because i'd never seen it before. I actually run four of those cards(the only one I don't is Loyal Retainers). I was under the impression the boonweaver combo was the main win cons for saffi decks. I just thought it was a cool combo.
October 1, 2016 2:44 p.m.
I know it's more than a week since the last post here, but I can't resist a Saffi related thread.
With the Boonweaver Giant combo you speak of, the combo is designed to pull every every creature out of your deck. This in and of itself is not a win condition and you also need a repeatable sacrifice outlet to make them work.
In selesnya colours, you're basically limited to the big 4: Ashnod's Altar, Phyrexian Altar, Altar of Dementia and Blasting Station. There are a few others, however they're basically all a bit subpar by comparison. you can run them if you want to make the deck super combo heavy, although these build usually come with their own set of issues.
With Ashnod's Altar / Phyrexian Altar, one of the best cards to have access to (alongside the actual combo itself) is Skullclamp. This allows you to turn your infinite mana into something, i.e. you can dig for an actual win condition such as Blasting Station. And since clamp only uses colourless mana, it works with either altar.
Helix Pinnacle is an ok outlet, however runs into the issue that it doesn't just win right then and there. It is also quite hard to use outside of generating infinite maan as typically you will have quite a few other mana sinks in the deck already.
Anyway, I hope this helps!
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #2
Also infinite mill with Altar of Dementia, an infinite number of 7-drop creatures with Birthing Pod (limit one per turn), infinite damage with Blasting Station, infinite card draw (if you already have infinite mana) with Carnage Altar, and so on. Saffi/Sun Titan is really good.
October 1, 2016 7:53 a.m.