Combos with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
15 known combos in Commander — View Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Results:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
· Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
· Lock
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- Kudo causes all creatures to have base power and toughness 2/2.
- Because Elesh Norn gives creatures your opponents control -2/-2, they will be 0/0 creatures and die as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- This is also true for any creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Results:
Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0
· Creatures opponents control die upon entering
· Lock
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- All creatures your opponents control will have base toughness -1, and die as a state-based action due to having 0 or less toughness unless there is another effect increasing its toughness.
- Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, it will have base toughness -1, and die as a state-based action due to having 0 or less toughness unless there is another effect increasing its toughness.
Results:
Opponents can't have lands on the battlefield
· Lock
· Mass Land Denial
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- Nature's Revolt turns all lands into creatures.
- Elesh Norn causes opponent' creatures to get -2/-2, killing all opponent' lands.
Results:
Opponents can't have lands on the battlefield
· Lock
· Mass Land Denial
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- All lands are swamps with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.
- All swamps are 1/1 creatures with Kormus bell.
- All opponent creatures get -2/-2 from Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite.
- Each opponent lands can not be played.
Results:
Destroy all lands opponents control
· Mass Land Denial
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Living Plane makes all lands 1/1 creatures, and Elesh Norn gives opponent creatures -2/-2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite colorless mana
· Near-infinite creature tokens
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with Skullclamp attached, adding {C}{C}.
- The creature dies, triggering Skullclamp, causing you to draw two cards.
- Nadir Kraken triggers twice, causing you to pay {2} to put two +1/+1 counters on Nadir Kraken and create two 1/1 Tentacle creature tokens.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Tentacle, adding {C}{C}.
- Activate Skullclamp by paying {1}, equipping it to a Tentacle token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
· Lock
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- Whenever an opponent's creature enters the battlefield, Godhead of Awe sets the creature's base power and toughness to one.
- Because Elesh Norn gives all opposing creatures -2/-2, the creature will die as a state-based action due to having less than zero toughness.
Results:
Destroy all lands opponents control
· Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control
· Mass Land Denial
· Lock
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- Yavimaya causes all lands to be Forests in addition to their other types, thus Life and Limb causes all lands to be 1/1 Saproling creatures.
- Because Elesh Norn gives all creatures your opponents control -2/-2, they die as a state-based action due to having less than zero toughness.
- Whenever an opponent plays a land, it will also die as a state-based action.
Results:
Destroy all lands opponents control
· Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control
· Lock
· Mass Land Denial
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- Yavimaya causes all lands to be Forests in addition to their other types, thus Living Lands causes all lands to be 1/1 creatures.
- Because Elesh Norn gives all creatures your opponents control -2/-2, they die as a state-based action due to having less than zero toughness.
- Whenever an opponent plays a land, it will also die as a state-based action.
Results:
Infinite -1/-1 counters
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Grim Poppet by removing a -1/-1 counter from it, targeting another creature.
- Repeat until Grim Poppet has no -1/-1 counters on it.
- Activate Antler Skulkin by paying {2}, giving Grim Poppet persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Grim Poppet, adding {C}{C}.
- Grim Poppet dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a total of four -1/-1 counters on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite -1/-1 counters
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Grim Poppet by removing a -1/-1 counter from it, targeting another creature.
- Repeat until Grim Poppet has no -1/-1 counters on it.
- Activate Antler Skulkin by paying {2}, giving Grim Poppet persist until end of turn.
- Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Grim Poppet, adding {C}{C}.
- Grim Poppet dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a total of four -1/-1 counters on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite ETB
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
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- Draw a card.
- The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token with flying and haste.
- When the Insect enters the battlefield as a 3/3 due to Elesh Norn, Elemental Bond triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Antler Skulkin by paying {2}, giving Elenda persist until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Elenda, adding {C}{C}.
- Elenda dies, triggering its second ability and its persist ability.
- Resolve Elenda's persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Resolve the second Elenda trigger, creating a number of 1/1 Vampire creature tokens equal to Elenda's power.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Vampire token, adding {C}{C}.
- The Vampire dies, triggering Elenda's first ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite LTB
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- Cast Donate by paying {2}{U}, giving control of Elesh Norn to an opponent.
- Cast Karmic Guide by paying {3}{W}{W}.
- Karmic Guide enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
- Karmic Guide's enter-the-battleifeld ability triggers, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Opponents can't cast spells
· Lock
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- Cast Endless Swarm by paying {5}{G}{G}{G}.
- Eye of the Storm and Hive Mind trigger.
- Resolve the Eye of the Storm trigger, exiling Endless Swarm, and then copying each instant and sorcery card exiled with Eye of the Storm, and allowing you to cast the copies without paying their mana costs.
- Choose not to cast the copy of Endless Swarm as permitted by Eye of the Storm.
- Resolve the Hive Mind trigger from step 2, causing each opponent to copy Endless Swarm.
- Resolve the first opponent's copy of Endless Swarm, causing them to create a 1/1 Snake creature token for each card in their hand, and then be unable to cast spells for the rest of the game.
- The Snakes enter the battlefield and die as a state-based action due to having less than 0 toughness.
- Repeat from step 6 for each remaining Endless Swarm copy.
- At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, their copy of Endless Swarm triggers, copying itself.
- Resolve the copy of Endless Swarm, causing the opponent to create a 1/1 Snake creature token for each card in their hand.
- The Snakes enter the battlefield and die as a state-based action due to having less than 0 toughness.
- Repeat from step 9.
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