Top 10 MTG Combos for Commander: Infinite and Game-Ending Combinations

Combo is a core part of Commander. Here are 10 of the most played combo finishers, how they work, and when to use them.

1. Thoracle Combo (Blue/Black) **Cards:** Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation/Tainted Pact **How:** Cast Consultation naming a card not in your deck, exiling your library. Cast Thassa's Oracle with an empty library. You win. **Power level:** cEDH staple. Very compact and hard to stop.

2. Niv-Mizzet + Curiosity (Blue/Red) **Cards:** Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Curiosity **How:** Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage when you draw. Curiosity draws a card when Niv deals damage. Infinite loop = deal damage equal to your library size. **Power level:** Mid-high. Two cards, both useful on their own.

3. Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond (Black) **Cards:** Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond **How:** When you gain life, Bond deals damage. When opponents lose life, Blood gains you life. Infinite loop once triggered. **Power level:** Mid. Six mana total, but devastating once assembled.

4. Kiki-Jiki + Pestermite (Red/Blue) **Cards:** Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Pestermite/Deceiver Exarch **How:** Kiki copies Pestermite. The copy untaps Kiki. Repeat for infinite hasty tokens. Attack for lethal. **Power level:** High. Multiple redundant combo pieces exist.

5. Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker (Red/Blue) **Cards:** Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker **How:** Cast Flicker, respond with Dualcaster copying Flicker. The copy blinks Dualcaster and a land. Repeat infinitely for infinite ETB triggers and mana. **Power level:** Mid. Requires setup but pieces are cheap.

6. Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth (Colorless) **Cards:** Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth **How:** Tap Monolith for 3 mana. Use 3 to untap. Copy the untap with Rings for 2. Net 1 mana per loop = infinite colorless mana. **Power level:** Mid. Goes in any deck, feeds X spells.

7. Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator (Blue) **Cards:** Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator **How:** Soulbond them. Blink Drake for 2 mana, untap 5 lands. Net 3 mana per blink = infinite mana. **Power level:** Mid-high. Both cards are individually playable.

8. Mikaeus + Walking Ballista (Black/Colorless) **Cards:** Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista **How:** Ballista enters with 0 counters, dies immediately. Mikaeus brings it back with a +1/+1 counter. Remove the counter to ping an opponent. Repeat infinitely. **Power level:** High. Clean two-card combo.

9. Dramatic Scepter (Blue) **Cards:** Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal + mana rocks **How:** Imprint Dramatic Reversal on Scepter. Activate Scepter (2 mana), untap all nonland permanents. If your rocks produce 3+ mana, you have infinite mana. **Power level:** High. Very compact once you have 3+ mana rocks.

10. Tooth and Nail Entwine (Green) **Cards:** Tooth and Nail + any two-creature combo **How:** For 9 mana, search for and put two creatures directly into play. Grab any creature combo (Kiki + Pestermite, Mikaeus + Ballista, etc.) and win. **Power level:** High. Nine mana is a lot but green ramps easily.

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