Combos with Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom
7 known combos in Commander — View Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom
Results:
Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite card draw for any number of players
· Infinite draw triggers for any number of players
· Destroy all permanents opponents control
· Mass Land Denial
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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- Defeat Invasion of Alara, triggering it, causing you to exile it and cast Awaken the Maelstrom.
- Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying {1}{R}{R}.
- When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying Awaken the Maelstrom, targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- Resolve the copy of Awaken the Maelstrom, causing a player to draw two cards, then allowing you to put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield, then creating a token copy of Dualcaster Mage, then putting three +1/+1 counters on creature(s) you control, and then destroying a permanent an opponent controls.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite card draw for any number of players
· Infinite draw triggers for any number of players
· Destroy all permanents opponents control
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
· Mass Land Denial
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- Defeat Invasion of Alara, triggering it, causing you to exile it and cast Awaken the Maelstrom.
- Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- When Naru Meha enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying Awaken the Maelstrom, targeting Naru Meha.
- Resolve the copy of Awaken the Maelstrom, causing a player to draw two cards, then allowing you to put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield, then creating a token copy of Naru Meha, then putting three +1/+1 counters on creature(s) you control, and then destroying a permanent an opponent controls.
- Put either Naru Meha into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite self-mill
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- Defeat Invasion of Alara, causing you to cast Awaken the Maelstrom without paying its mana cost, creating a token copy of Mirror-Mad Phantasm.
- Activate the Mirror-Mad Phantasm token by paying {1}{U}, shuffling the token into your library and milling your entire library due to it not having a card named Mirror-Mad Phantasm in it.
Results:
Win the game
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- Defeat Invasion of Alara, triggering it, causing you to exile it and cast Awaken the Maelstorm without paying its mana cost, targeting Biovisionary.
- Holding priority, activate Echo Mage by tapping it, copying Awaken the Maelstrom twice, with both copies targeting Biovisionary.
- Resolve all Awaken the Maelstrom spells, creating three token copies of Biovisionary.
- At the beginning of your end step, each Biovisionary triggers. Resolve the first trigger, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Win the game
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- Activate Thunderclap Drake by paying {2}{U} and sacrificing it.
- Defeat Invasion of Alara, causing you to exile it and cast Awaken the Maelstrom without paying its mana cost, targeting Biovisionary.
- Thunderclap Drake triggers, copying Awaken the Maelstrom at least twice, with all copies targeting Biovisionary.
- Resolve all Awaken the Maelstrom spells, creating at least three copies of Biovisionary.
- At the beginning of your end step, each Biovisionary triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Win the game
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- At the beginning of your precombat main phase. Summon: G.F. Cerberus triggers, putting a lore counter on it and triggering its third chapter ability, copying the next instant or sorcery spell you cast twice.
- Defeat Invasion of Alara, causing you to then exile it and cast Awaken the Maelstrom without paying its mana cost, targeting Biovisionary.
- Summon: G.F. Cerberus triggers, copying Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom twice, with the copies targeting Biovisionary.
- Resolve all Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstroms, copying Biovisionary three times.
- At the beginning of your end step, each Biovisionary triggers. Resolve the first trigger, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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- Defeat Invasion of Alara, causing you to cast Awaken the Maelstrom without paying its mana cost, creating a token copy of Bellowing Aegisaur.
- Activate a mana-producing permanent you control by tapping it, adding at least {G}.
- Activate Wayta by paying {G} and tapping it, causing Cacophodon and the nontoken Bellowing Aegisaur to fight each other, with each only taking 1 damage due to Temple Altisaur.
- Cacophodon and Bellowing Aegisaur each trigger twice.
- Resolve all Bellowing Aegisaur triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on each other creature you control.
- Resolve both Cacophodon triggers, untapping the mana-producing permanent and Wayta.
- Repeat from step 2, alternating between having the token and nontoken Bellowing Aegisaur fight Cacophodon.
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