Combos with Body of Research

15 known combos in Commander — View Body of Research

Results: Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your library.
  2. Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting that many growth counters on itself.
  3. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
2,730 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Activate Garruk's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it, causing you to draw cards equal to the Fractal's power, thus causing you to draw your entire library.
722 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature token
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Terrasymbiosis triggers, causing you to draw a card for each +1/+1 counter placed, thus causing you to draw your library.
508 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite lifegain
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Cast Disciple of Freyalise by paying {3}{G}{G}{G}.
  3. When Disciple of Freyalise enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to sacrifice the Fractal token, draw your library, and gain life equal to the amount of cards drawn this way.
292 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of cards in your library.
  2. Activate Greater Good by sacrificing the Fractal, causing you to draw cards equal to the Fractal's power, then discard three cards.
277 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Cast Season of Gathering by paying {4}{G}{G}, causing you to draw cards equal to Body of Research's power, thus causing you to draw your entire library.
163 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite combat damage to one opponent
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Give the Fractal token haste.
  3. Activate The Pride of Hull Clade by paying {2}{U}{U}, targeting the Fractal.
  4. Deal combat damage to an opponent using the Fractal token.
  5. The Fractal triggers, causing you to draw cards equal to its toughness.
159 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Each opponent loses the game · Near-infinite damage
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  1. Cast Body of Reaserch by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to your library size.
  2. Cast Chandra's Ignition by paying {3}{R}{R}, causing the Fractal to deal damage equal to its power to each other creature and to each opponent.
  3. Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
114 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Near-infinite damage to one opponent · Target opponent loses the game
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. All Will Be One triggers, dealing damage to target opponent equal to the counters placed this way.
  3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
83 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite mill for target opponent
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the Fractal, causing target player to mill cards equal to the Fractal's power.
74 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Near-infinite damage · Target opponent loses the game
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  1. Cast Body of Reaserch by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to your library size.
  2. Cast Fling by paying {1}{R} and sacrificing the Fractal, dealing damage equal to the Fractal's power to an opponent.
  3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
69 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Near-infinite damage · Target opponent loses the game
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  1. Cast Body of Reaserch by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to your deck size.
  2. Cast Soul's Fire by paying {2}{R}, dealing damage equal to the Fractal's power to an opponent.
  3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
54 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Near-infinite damage · Target opponent loses the game
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  1. Cast Body of Reaserch by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to your library size.
  2. Cast Kazuul's Fury by paying {2}{R} and sacrificing the Fractal, dealing damage equal to the Fractal's power to an opponent.
  3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
51 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {U}{U}{U}{G}{G}{G}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and putting an amount of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your library size.
  2. At the beginning of your upkeep, Mayael's Aria triggers, causing you to put a +1/+1 counter on the Fractal token, gain ten life, and win the game.
44 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Near-infinite mill
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  1. Cast Body of Research by paying {G}{G}{G}{U}{U}{U}, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Optionally, give the Fractal token haste, or proceed to your next turn.
  3. Declare the Fractal and The Mindskinner, if desired/able, as attackers.
  4. When the Fractal, and The Mindskinner if it attacked, would deal combat damage to the opponent, The Mindskinner prevents that damage, and causes each opponent to mill that many cards.
42 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
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