Combos with Animate Artifact

15 known combos in Commander — View Animate Artifact

Aetherflux Reservoir Aetherflux Reservoir
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite damage · Infinite lifegain triggers
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  1. Give Aetherflux Reservoir lifelink, if needed.
  2. Activate Aetherflux Reservoir by paying 50 life, dealing 50 damage to any target and causing you to gain 50 life.
  3. Repeat step 2.
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Results: Infinite draw triggers · Infinite looting · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Unctus by paying {U/P}, causing Basalt Monolith to become a blue artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
  2. Activate Basalt Monolith's first ability by tapping it, adding {C}{C}{C}.
  3. Basalt Monolith triggers, causing you to loot.
  4. Activate Basalt Monolith's second ability by paying {C}{C}{C}, untapping it.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Draw the game
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  1. Activate Caged Sun by tapping it, adding {G}.
  2. Caged Sun triggers, adding {G}.
  3. Repeat step 2.
  4. As Caged Sun's triggered ability is a mana ability, this combo creates a mandatory infinite loop that cannot be interacted with, thus ending the game in a draw.
Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
To Arms! To Arms!
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of To Arms! without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Cauldron Familiar Cauldron Familiar
Witch's Oven Witch's Oven
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
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  1. Activate Witch's Oven by tapping it and sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, creating a Food token.
  2. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Cauldron Familar enters the battlefield, triggering Intruder Alarm, untapping all creatures.
  4. Repeat.
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite draw triggers · Infinitely large creature until end of turn · Infinite untap of creatures you control
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  1. Activate Chromatic Orrery's first ability by tapping it, adding {5}.
  2. Activate Chromatic Orrery by paying {3} and untapping it, giving it +2/+2 until end of turn.
  3. Repeat.
  4. Once you have infinite mana, you may instead use Chromatic Orrery's second ability.
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Energy Arc without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Vitalize Vitalize
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Vitalize without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Call to Glory Call to Glory
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Call to Glory without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Rally of Wings Rally of Wings
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Rally of Wings without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Roar of the Kha Roar of the Kha
Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
Results: Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate creatures you control by tapping those, adding {3}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Roar of the Kha without paying its mana cost, untapping all creatures.
  3. Repeat.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Cauldron of Souls Cauldron of Souls
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
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Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite untap of creatures
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  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing itself.
  2. When Viscera Seer dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. When Viscera Seer enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
  5. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature persist until end of turn.
  6. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing itself.
  7. When Viscera Seer dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  8. When Viscera Seer enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  9. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
  10. Repeat.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Cauldron of Souls Cauldron of Souls
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
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Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
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  1. Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing itself.
  2. When Carrion Feeder dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. When Carrion Feeder enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, doing nothing.
  5. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature persist until end of turn.
  6. Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing itself.
  7. When Carrion Feeder dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  8. When Carrion Feeder enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  9. Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, doing nothing.
  10. Repeat.
  11. If you control an additional nontoken, non-Human creature, you may instead sacrifice it to get infinite +1/+1 counters on Carrion Feeder.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Cauldron of Souls Cauldron of Souls
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
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Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite untap of creatures
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  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the additional nontoken non-Human creature.
  2. When the creature dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. When the creature enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
  5. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature persist until end of turn.
  6. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature.
  7. When the creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  8. When the creature enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  9. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
  10. Repeat.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Cauldron of Souls Cauldron of Souls
Intruder Alarm Intruder Alarm Animate Artifact Animate Artifact
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Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the additional nontoken non-Human creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When the creature dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. When the creature enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature persist until end of turn.
  5. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature, adding {C}{C}.
  6. When the creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  7. When the creature enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  8. Repeat.
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