Combos with Engineered Plague

15 known combos in Commander — View Engineered Plague

Gravecrawler Gravecrawler Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}.
  2. Gravecrawler enters the battlefield as a 1/0 due to Engineered Plague, and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  3. Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  5. Repeat.
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Yedora, Grave Gardener Yedora, Grave Gardener Ruthless Ripper Ruthless Ripper Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cast Ruthless Ripper by paying {B}.
  2. Ruthless Ripper dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
  3. Yedora triggers, returning Ruthless Ripper to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  4. Activate Ruthless Ripper by tapping it, adding {G}.
  5. Activate Ruthless Ripper's morph ability by revealing a black card from your hand, turning it face-up.
  6. Ruthless Ripper triggers, causing target player to lose 2 life.
  7. Repeat from step 2.
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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Cryptic Trilobite Cryptic Trilobite Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}{C} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. Repeat step 1 until Cryptic Trilobite does not have any +1/+1 counters on it.
  3. Cryptic Trilobite dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  4. Cryptic Trilobite's undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  5. Repeat.
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Skullclamp Skullclamp Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Stridehangar Automaton Stridehangar Automaton Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite card draw · Near-infinite ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Skullclamp by paying {1}, attaching it to a creature with toughness equal to 1.
  2. The creature dies as a state-based action due to having 0 or less toughness, triggering Skullclamp and Pitiless Plunderer.
  3. Resolve the Skullclamp trigger, causing you to draw two cards.
  4. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  6. Repeat.
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Eye of the Storm Eye of the Storm Hive Mind Hive Mind Endless Swarm Endless Swarm Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Opponents can't cast spells · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Endless Swarm by paying {5}{G}{G}{G}.
  2. Eye of the Storm and Hive Mind trigger.
  3. 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.
  4. Choose not to cast the copy of Endless Swarm as permitted by Eye of the Storm.
  5. Resolve the Hive Mind trigger from step 2, causing each opponent to copy Endless Swarm.
  6. 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.
  7. The Snakes enter the battlefield and die as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  8. Repeat from step 6 for each remaining Endless Swarm copy.
  9. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, their copy of Endless Swarm triggers, copying itself.
  10. Resolve the copy of Endless Swarm, causing the opponent to create a 1/1 Snake creature token for each card in their hand.
  11. The Snakes enter the battlefield and die as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  12. Repeat from step 9.
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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Workhorse Workhorse Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Activate Workhorse by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}.
  2. Repeat step 1 until Workhorse does not have any +1/+1 counters on it.
  3. Workhorse dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Workhorse's undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.
  5. Repeat.
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Thornbite Staff Thornbite Staff Elemental Mastery Elemental Mastery Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate the creature with Elemental Mastery attached by tapping it, creating at least one 1/1 Elemental creature token with haste.
  2. The Elemental(s) enter the battlefield and die as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  3. When the Elemental(s) die, the creature with Thornbite Staff attached triggers that many times, untapping itself.
  4. Repeat.
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Darien, King of Kjeldor Darien, King of Kjeldor Sanguinary Priest Sanguinary Priest Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cause the additional creature to die.
  2. Sanguinary Priest triggers, dealing 1 damage to you and causing you to gain one life.
  3. Darien triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
  4. The Soldier enters the battlefield as a 0/0 due to Engineered Plague and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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Atzocan Archer Atzocan Archer Engineered Plague Engineered Plague Dread Slaver Dread Slaver
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cast Atzocan Archer by paying {2}{G}.
  2. Atzocan Archer enters the battlefield, fighting Dread Slaver.
  3. Atzocan Archer dies, triggering Dread Slaver, returning Atzocan Archer to the battlefield as a black Zombie in addition to its other types.
  4. Repeat from step 2.
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The Locust God The Locust God Species Specialist Species Specialist Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Draw a card.
  2. The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token with flying and haste.
  3. The Insect enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  4. Species Specialist triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  5. Repeat.
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The Locust God The Locust God Weatherlight Compleated Weatherlight Compleated Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Draw a card.
  2. The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
  3. The Insect enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Weatherlight Compleated triggers, putting a phyresis counter on it and causing you to draw a card.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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The Locust God The Locust God Liliana, Dreadhorde General Liliana, Dreadhorde General Engineered Plague Engineered Plague
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Draw a card.
  2. The Locust God triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
  3. The Insect enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. Liliana triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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Rot Hulk Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Godhead of Awe Engineered Plague Engineered Plague The Meathook Massacre The Meathook Massacre
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cast Rot Hulk by paying {5}{B}{B}.
  2. Rot Hulk dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  3. The Meathook Massacre triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
  4. Rot Hulk's enter the battlefield trigger is put onto the stack.
  5. Resolve the Rot Hulk trigger, returning Rot Hulk from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Repeat from step 2.
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Rot Hulk Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Godhead of Awe Engineered Plague Engineered Plague Bastion of Remembrance Bastion of Remembrance
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cast Rot Hulk by paying {5}{B}{B}.
  2. Rot Hulk dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  3. Bastion of Remembrance triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  4. Rot Hulk's enter the battlefield trigger is put onto the stack.
  5. Resolve the Rot Hulk trigger, returning Rot Hulk from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Repeat from step 2.
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Rot Hulk Rot Hulk Godhead of Awe Godhead of Awe Engineered Plague Engineered Plague Vindictive Lich Vindictive Lich
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Cast Rot Hulk by paying {5}{B}{B}.
  2. Rot Hulk dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  3. Rot Hulk's enter the battlefield trigger is put onto the stack.
  4. Resolve the Rot Hulk trigger, returning Rot Hulk and Vindictive Lich from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Rot Hulk and Vindictive Lich die as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  6. The Vindictive Lich and Rot Hulk triggers are put on the stack.
  7. Resolve the Vindictive Lich trigger, causing target opponent to lose five life.
  8. Repeat from step 4.
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