Combos with Cauldron of Souls
15 known combos in Commander — View Cauldron of Souls
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Triskelion and any number of other target creatures persist until end of turn.
- Activate Triskelion until there is only one +1/+1 counter remaining on it, dealing 1 damage to any target for each activation.
- Activate Triskelion again by removing the last +1/+1 counter from it.
- Triskelion dies due to having 0 toughness, triggering its own persist ability and Dross Scorpion.
- Resolve Dross Scorpion's ability, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve Triskelion's persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters and one -1/-1 counter on it.
- The -1/-1 counter and one +1/+1 counter are removed from Triskelion as a state-based action.
- Resolve the Triskelion ability from step 3, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, Workhorse gain persist until end of turn.
- Activate Workhorse by removing a +1/+1 counter, adding {C}.
- Repeat from step 2 until Workhorse dies.
- Dross Scorpion and Workhorse triggers.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Workhorse persist ability trigger, returning it to the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Dross Scorpion persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding {C}{C}.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability, its undying ability and its persist ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding {C}{C}.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its undying ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the second Dross Scorpion trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding {C}{C}.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its persist ability.
- Repeat from step 4.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Arcbound Ravager persist until end of turn.
- Activate Arcbound Ravager by sacrifcing itself.
- The Arcbound Ravager ability fails to resolve due to Arcbound Ravager no longer being on the battlefield.
- Arcbound Ravager dies, triggering its persist ability and Dross Scorpion.
- Resolve the Arcbound Ravager trigger, returning it to the battlefield with zero +1/+1 counters due to its modular ability.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colored mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Dross Scorpion persist until end of turn.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding one mana of any color.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability, its undying ability and its persist ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding one mana of any color.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its undying ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the second Dross Scorpion trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dross Scorpion, adding one mana of any color.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its persist ability.
- Repeat from step 4.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite untap of artifacts you control
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Pentavus persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Pentavus, adding {C}{C}.
- When Pentavus dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.
- Activate Pentavus' first ability twice by paying {2} and removing two +1/+1 counters from it, creating two 1/1 Pentavite artifact creature tokens.
- Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Pentavus and a Pentavite, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite colorless mana and Pentavite tokens, you may use Pentavus' second ability to put infinite +1/+1 counters on it.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite scry 1
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Dross Scorpion persist until end of turn.
- Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability, its undying ability and its persist ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its undying ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the second Dross Scorpion trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its persist ability.
- Repeat from step 4.
- Resolve all Viscera Seer abilities, causing you to scry 1 infinite times.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite untap of artifacts you control
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Pentavus persist until end of turn.
- Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Pentavus, adding {C}{C}.
- When Pentavus dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.
- Activate Pentavus' first ability twice by paying {2} and removing two +1/+1 counters from it, creating two 1/1 Pentavite artifact creature tokens.
- Activate Clock of Omens by tapping Pentavus and a Pentavite, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite colorless mana and Pentavite tokens, you may use Pentavus' second ability to put infinite +1/+1 counters on it.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature with bloodthirst persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with bloodthirst, adding {C}{C}.
- When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
- Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, which enters the battlefield with at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to its bloodthirst ability.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Tatterkite persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Tatterkite, adding {C}{C}.
- Tatterkite dies, triggering its persist ability and Dross Scorpion.
- Resolve the Tatterkite trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with no -1/-1 counters on it.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite black mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Mairsil using Cauldron of Souls' ability by tapping it, giving itself persist until end of turn.
- Activate Mairsil using Blood Vassal's ability by sacrificing it, adding {B}{B}.
- When Mairsil dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Mairsil using Endling's third ability by paying {B}, giving Mairsil undying until end of turn.
- Activate Mairsil using Blood Vassal's ability by sacrificing it, adding {B}{B}.
- When Mairsil dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
· Infinite untap of artifacts you control
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Extruder and the other artifact creature with base toughness 2 or greater persist until end of turn.
- Activate Extruder by sacrificing it, targeting the other artifact creature.
- When Extruder dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Extruder trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Resolve the Extruder ability from step 2, putting a +1/+1 on the targeted creature.
- Activate Extruder by sacrificing the other artifact creature, targeting Extruder.
- When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion triggers.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping any artifact you control.
- Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Resolve the Extruder ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Dross Scorpion persist until end of turn.
- Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability, its undying ability and its persist ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its undying ability.
- Resolve the first Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Resolve the second Dross Scorpion trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Dross Scorpion.
- Dross Scorpion dies, triggering its ability and its persist ability.
- Repeat from step 4.
- Resolve all Carrion Feeder abilities, putting infinite +1/+1 counters on it.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature with bloodthirst persist until end of turn.
- Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing the creature with bloodthirst, adding {C}{C}.
- When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
- Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, which enters the battlefield with at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to its bloodthirst ability.
- Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite black mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Mairsil using Cauldron of Souls' ability by tapping it, giving itself persist until end of turn.
- Activate Mairsil using Blood Vassal's ability by sacrificing it, adding {B}{B}.
- When Mairsil dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Mairsil using Endling's third ability by paying {B}, giving Mairsil undying until end of turn.
- Activate Mairsil using Blood Vassal's ability by sacrificing it, adding {B}{B}.
- When Mairsil dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
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