Combos with Hoverguard Sweepers

10 known combos in Commander — View Hoverguard Sweepers

Results: Infinite card draw · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Near-infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with X in their mana cost · Return a portion of target creatures to their owner's hand
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  1. Activate Helga by tapping it, adding at least eight {U} that can only be spent to cast creature spell with mana value 4 or greater or with {X} in their mana cost.
  2. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying its mana cost.
  3. Helga and Chakram Retriever trigger.
  4. Resolve the Helga trigger, causing you to draw a card, gain 1 life, and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga.
  5. Resolve the Chakram Retriever trigger, causing you to untap Helga.
  6. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning it and up to one other creature from the battlefield to their owner's hand.
  7. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite looting · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite untap of permanents you control · Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Near-infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with X in their mana cost · Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce · Return a portion of target creatures to their owner's hand
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  1. Activate Helga by tapping it, adding at least eight {U} that can only be spent to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with {X} in their mana cost.
  2. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying {6}{U}{U}.
  3. Helga triggers, causing you to draw a card, gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga.
  4. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Helga.
  6. Repeat.
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite red mana · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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  1. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Priest of Urabrask from your hand onto the battlefield.
  2. Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  3. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Hoverguard Sweepers from your hand onto the battlefield.
  4. Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, returning itself and Priest of Urabrask from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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  1. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying {0}.
  2. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
  3. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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  1. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying {0}.
  2. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
  3. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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  1. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying {0}.
  2. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
  3. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands · Infinite untap of creatures you control
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  1. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by tapping a number of creatures and paying {0}.
  2. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. Resolve the Hoverguard Sweepers trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. Resolve the Intruder Alarm trigger, untapping all creatures.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite red mana · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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  1. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Ardent Electromancer from your hand onto the battlefield.
  2. When Ardent Electromancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding at least {R}{R}.
  3. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Hoverguard Sweepers from your hand onto the battlefield.
  4. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning it and Ardent Electromancer from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
  6. If you control at least three creatures in your party when Ardent Electromancer enters the battlefield, this combo nets infinite {R}.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands · Infinite untap of creatures you control
Show steps
  1. Cast Hoverguard Sweepers by paying its mana cost reduced by the number of creatures you can tap while casting it.
  2. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters, it and Intruder Alarm trigger.
  3. Resolve the Hoverguard Sweepers trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. Resolve the Intruder Alarm trigger, untapping all creatures.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands · Infinite recursion of some creature cards in your graveyard
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  1. Cast Nethroi either from your hand or from the command zone for its mutate cost by paying {4}{G/W}{B}{B}, putting it under a non-Human creature you control.
  2. Nethroi triggers, returning Hoverguard Sweepers and Mitotic Slime from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Hoverguard Sweepers enters, it triggers, returning Nethroi from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing Hoverguard Sweepers and Mitotic Slime, adding {B}{B}.
  5. When Mitotic Slime dies, it triggers, creating two 2/2 Ooze creature tokens.
  6. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Oozes, adding {1}{G/W}.
  7. When the Oozes die, they trigger, creating four 1/1 Ooze creature tokens.
  8. Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing three Oozes, adding {3}.
  9. Repeat.
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