Combos with Insidious Roots

15 known combos in Commander — View Insidious Roots

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding {B}.
  2. Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token and putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {1}.
  5. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  3. Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
1,129 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
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  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  3. Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
861 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning Cauldron Familiar to the battlefield from your graveyard.
  3. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  4. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 green Plant creature token and a Food artifact token, and then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  5. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  6. Repeat
689 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food.
  2. Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  3. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  5. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token and putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  6. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  7. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
  8. When Cauldron Familiar dies, Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  9. Repeat.
588 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens
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  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, causing you to scry 1.
  2. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning Cauldron Familiar to the battlefield from your graveyard.
  3. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  4. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 green Plant creature token and a Food artifact token, and then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  5. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  6. Repeat
547 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite self-mill · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature token.
  4. When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
  6. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Repeat.
517 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Nether Traitor, adding one mana of any color.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding {B}.
  3. When the creature dies, Nether Traitor triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  5. Repeat.
492 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {C}{C}.
  4. When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  6. Repeat.
470 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food.
  2. Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  3. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  5. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token and putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  6. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  7. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
  8. When Cauldron Familiar dies, Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  9. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  10. Repeat.
437 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  3. Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
372 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, adding one mana of any color.
  2. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning Cauldron Familiar to the battlefield from your graveyard.
  3. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  4. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 green Plant creature token and a Food artifact token, and then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  5. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  6. Repeat
366 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
  4. When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  6. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Repeat.
335 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food.
  2. Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  3. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Cauldron Familiar and Insidious Roots trigger.
  5. Resolve the Insidious Roots trigger, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token and putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  6. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  7. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
  8. When Cauldron Familiar dies, Ygra triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  9. Repeat.
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