Combos with Exchange of Words

15 known combos in Commander — View Exchange of Words

Results: Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
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  1. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  2. Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, swapping the text boxes of Archfiend of the Dross and an opposing creature that does not have more than one oil counter on it.
  3. At the beginning of the opposing creature's controller's next upkeep, their creature triggers, causing them to remove an oil counter from that creature and lose the game.
2,884 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Draw the game · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers
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  1. Cause a land you control to become a creature.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}, exchanging the text boxes of the land creature and Scute Swarm.
  3. Play a land.
  4. The land enters the battlefield, triggering the land creature's Scute Swarm ability, creating a copy of itself with its original text.
  5. Step 4 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
145 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Draw the game · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
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  1. Activate Blinkmoth Nexus' first ability by tapping it, adding {C}.
  2. Activate Blinkmoth Nexus' second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature that is still a land until end of turn.
  3. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}, exchanging the text boxes of Blinkmoth Nexus and Scute Swarm.
  4. Play a land.
  5. The land enters the battlefield, triggering Blinkmoth Nexus's Scute Swarm ability, creating a copy of Blinkmoth Nexus with its original text.
  6. Step 5 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
17 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Draw the game · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
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  1. Activate Mishra's Factory's first ability by tapping it, adding {C}.
  2. Activate Mishra's Factory's second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 2/2 Assembly-Worker creature that is still a land until end of turn.
  3. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}, exchanging the text boxes of Mishra's Factory and Scute Swarm.
  4. Play a land.
  5. The land enters the battlefield, triggering Mishra's Factory's Scute Swarm ability, creating a copy of Mishra's Factory with its original text.
  6. Step 5 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
16 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Draw the game · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
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  1. Activate Mutavault's first ability by tapping it, adding {C}.
  2. Activate Mutavault's second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 2/2 creature that is still a land until end of turn.
  3. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}, exchanging the text boxes of Mutavault and Scute Swarm.
  4. Play a land.
  5. The land enters the battlefield, triggering Mutavault's Scute Swarm ability, creating a copy of Mutavault with its original text.
  6. Step 5 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
14 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Draw the game · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
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  1. Activate Inkmoth Nexus' first ability by tapping it, adding {C}.
  2. Activate Inkmoth Nexus' second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature that is still a land until end of turn.
  3. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}, exchanging the text boxes of Inkmoth Nexus and Scute Swarm.
  4. Play a land.
  5. The land enters the battlefield, triggering Inkmoth Nexus's Scute Swarm ability, creating a token copy of Inkmoth Nexus with its original text.
  6. Step 5 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
11 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
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  1. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  2. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Medomai and Mistmeadow Vanisher until Exchange of Words leaves the battlefield.
  3. Declare Medomai as an attacker.
  4. Medomai triggers, exiling Exchange of Words until your end step.
  5. When Exchange of Words leaves the battlefield, Medomai and Mistmeadow Vanisher retain their original textboxes.
  6. Deal combat damage using Medomai.
  7. Medomai triggers, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  8. At the beginning of your end step, Medomai triggers, returning Exchange of Words to the battlefield from exile.
  9. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Medomai and Mistmeadow Vanisher until Exchange of Words leaves the battlefield.
  10. Repeat from step 3 each turn.
Results: Infinite green mana · Infinitely large creature
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  1. Activate Lair of the Hydra's last ability by paying {1}{G}, making it a 1/1 land creature until end of turn.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  3. Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, exchanging the text boxes of Devoted Druid and Lair of the Hydra.
  4. As the turn ends, Lair of the Hydra stops being a creature.
  5. On your opponent's upkeep, activate Lair of the Hydra using Devoted Druid's first ability by tapping it, adding {G}.
  6. Activate Lair of the Hydra using Devoted Druid's last ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on it and untapping it.
  7. Repeat from step 5.
Results: Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
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  1. Activate Blinkmoth Nexus' second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature in addition to its other types.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  3. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Ley Weaver and Blinkmoth Nexus.
  4. Activate Blinkmoth Nexus by tapping it, untapping itself and any other land you control.
  5. Repeat step 4.
Results: Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
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  1. Activate Mutavault's second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 2/2 creature with all creature types in addition to its other types.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  3. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Ley Weaver and Mutavault.
  4. Activate Mutavault by tapping it, untapping itself and any other land you control.
  5. Repeat step 4.
Results: Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
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  1. Activate Inkmoth Nexus' second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature in addition to its other types.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  3. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Ley Weaver and Inkmoth Nexus.
  4. Activate Inkmoth Nexus by tapping it, untapping itself and any other land you control.
  5. Repeat step 4.
Results: Infinite damage · Infinite die rolls
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  1. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  2. Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, exchanging the text boxes of Brazen Dwarf and the creature with mana value 0 or mana value greater than 6.
  3. At the beginning of combat, Captain Rex Nebula triggers, making the creature that now has Brazen Dwarf's text box a Vehicle and giving it crew 2 and "Whenever this Vehicle deals damage, roll a six-sided die and sacrifice this Vehicle if the result is equal to its mana value" until end of turn.
  4. Activate the Vehicle's crew ability by tapping Captain Rex Nebula, making it a creature until end of turn.
  5. Declare the Vehicle as an attacker and deal combat damage with it.
  6. The Vehicle's ability from Captain Rex Nebula triggers, rolling a six-sided die with no chance of a result equal to the Vehicle's mana value.
  7. The Vehicle's ability from Brazen Dwarf triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
  8. Repeat from step 6.
Results: Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control
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  1. Activate Mishra's Factory's second ability by paying {1}, causing it to become a 2/2 Aseembly-Worker artifact creature in addition to its other types.
  2. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  3. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of Ley Weaver and Mishra's Factory.
  4. Activate Mishra's Factory by tapping it, untapping itself and any other land you control.
  5. Repeat step 4.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
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  1. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  2. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of it and Wormfang Manta.
  3. At the beginning of your end step, Don & Leo triggers, blinking Exchange of Words.
  4. Exchange of Words leaves and enters the battlefield, triggering the second ability it gained from Wormfang Manta's textbox as well as its own ability.
  5. Resolve the first Exchange of Words trigger, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  6. Resolve the second Exchange of Words trigger, exchanging the text boxes of it and Wormfang Manta.
  7. Repeat from step 3 during each turn.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
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  1. Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{U}{U}.
  2. When Exchange of Words enters the battlefield, it triggers, exchanging the text boxes of it and Wormfang Manta.
  3. At the beginning of your end step, Don & Leo triggers, blinking Exchange of Words.
  4. Exchange of Words leaves and enters the battlefield, triggering the second ability it gained from Wormfang Manta's textbox as well as its own ability.
  5. Resolve the first Exchange of Words trigger, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  6. Resolve the second Exchange of Words trigger, exchanging the text boxes of it and Wormfang Manta.
  7. Repeat from step 3 during each turn.
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