Combos with Fain, the Broker
15 known combos in Commander — View Fain, the Broker
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique, adding {C}{C}.
- Puppeteer Clique dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Puppeteer Clique enters the battlefield, putting any creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
- Activate Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing the -1/-1 counter from Puppeteer Clique, creating a Treasure token.
- Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature your opponent owns, adding {C}{C}.
- Activate Fain's fourth ability by paying {3}{B}, untapping it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colored mana
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite Treasure tokens
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Necrotic Ooze using Devoted Druid's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- Activate Necrotic Ooze using Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may instead use Fain's third ability to create infinite Inklings, then use Fain's fourth ability to untap Necrotic Ooze.
- You then can also use Fain's first ability to get infinite +1/+1 counters.
Results:
Infinite colored mana
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite Treasure tokens
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Necrotic Ooze using Cinderhaze Wretch's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- Activate Necrotic Ooze using Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may instead use Fain's third ability to create infinite Inklings, then use Fain's fourth ability to untap Necrotic Ooze.
- You then can also use Fain's first ability to get infinite +1/+1 counters.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Relic of Legends by tapping your commander, adding {B}.
- Your commander triggers, giving it +2/+0 and undying until end of turn.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing your commander, adding {C}{C}.
- When your commander dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing the +1/+1 counter from your commander, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
- Activate Fain's fourth ability by paying {3}{B}, untapping it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Inkling, adding {C}{C}.
- When the Inkling dies, Fain and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it.
- Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing an creature, which is an artifact due to Biotransference.
- When the creature dies, Fain triggers, untapping itself.
- Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token that is an artifact due to Biotransference.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing an creature, which is an artifact due to Biotransference.
- When the creature dies, Dross Scorpion triggers, untapping Fain.
- Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token that is an artifact due to Biotransference.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Treasure tokens
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Inkling, adding one mana of any color.
- When the Inkling dies, Fain and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it.
- Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite scry 1
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Inkling.
- When the Inkling dies, Fain and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it.
- Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite untap of creatures
· Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- When the Inkling enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Inkling, adding {C}{C}.
- When the Inkling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the Inkling.
- When the Inkling dies, Fain and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it.
- Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite scry 1
· Infinite untap of creatures
· Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- When the Inkling enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Inkling.
- When the Inkling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing an creature, which is an artifact due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- When the creature dies, Dross Scorpion triggers, untapping Fain.
- Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token that is an artifact due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing an creature, which is an artifact due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- When the creature dies, Fain triggers, untapping itself.
- Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token that is an artifact due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite untap of creatures
· Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
· Infinite Treasure tokens
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Fain's third ability by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, creating a 2/1 Inkling creature token.
- When the Inkling enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Inkling, adding one mana of any color.
- When the Inkling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Repeat.
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