Combos with Iron-Shield Elf

15 known combos in Commander — View Iron-Shield Elf

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Put a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
  2. Evolution Witness triggers, returning an artifact or creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Thran Vigil triggers. Holding priority, activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding an artifact or creature card.
  4. Resolve the Thran Vigil ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Exile your library · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite rummaging
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  1. Lose life by any method.
  2. Lich's Mastery's second ability triggers, causing you to exile a card from your graveyard.
  3. Ketramose triggers, causing you to lose 1 life and draw a card.
  4. Lich's Mastery second ability triggers. Holding priority, activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a card.
  5. Resolve the Lich's Mastery trigger, exiling a card from your graveyard.
  6. Repeat from step 3.
Results: Infinite Clue tokens · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Cause an artifact to enter the battlefield under your control.
  2. Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Chalk Outline triggers. Holding priority, activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  4. Resolve the Chalk Outline trigger, creating a 2/2 Detective creature token and a Clue token.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite draw triggers · Infinite rummaging · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a card.
  2. Curator of Mysteries triggers, causing you to scry 1.
  3. Matoya triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  4. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite looting · Near-infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a card.
  2. Glint-Horn Buccaneer triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
  3. Niv-Mizzet triggers, causing you to draw that many cards.
  4. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a nonartifact Lhurgoyf card.
  2. Disa the Restless' first ability triggers, putting the discarded Lhurgoyf from your graveyard onto the battlefield.
  3. When the Lhurgoyf enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning another nontoken nonartifact Lhurgoyf from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability from step 1.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Lock · Near-infinite turns
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  1. If you have more than three cards in hand, activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a card.
  2. Repeat step 1 until you have three or fewer cards in hand.
  3. At the beginning of your end step, Doctor Octopus triggers, causing you to draw at least five cards.
  4. Lyla triggers for each card drawn, putting that many +1/+1 counters on Sage of Hours.
  5. Activate Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  6. Repeat each turn.
Results: Infinite Blood tokens · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  2. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing another creature, creating a Blood token.
  3. When the Blood enters the battlefield, Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning Ovalchase Daredevil from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Skeleton Crew triggers, creating a 2/2 Skeleton Pirate creature token.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite Blood tokens · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  2. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing another creature, creating a Blood token.
  3. When the Blood enters the battlefield, Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning Ovalchase Daredevil from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Tormod triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite Blood tokens · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  2. Bone Miser's first ability triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  3. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability.
  4. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing the Zombie, creating a Blood token.
  5. When the Blood enters the battlefield, Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning Ovalchase Daredevil from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Repeat.
Results: Infinite Blood tokens · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  2. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing another creature, creating a Blood token.
  3. When the Blood enters the battlefield, Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning Ovalchase Daredevil from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Desecrated Tomb triggers, creating a 1/1 Bat creature token.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Cause an artifact to enter the battlefield under your control.
  2. Ovalchase Daredevil triggers, returning it from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Kheru Goldkeeper triggers. Holding priority, activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ovalchase Daredevil.
  4. Resolve the Kheru Goldkeeper trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mana basic lands you control can produce · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite untap of basic lands you control
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  1. Activate a basic Forest by tapping it, adding {G}.
  2. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding a land card.
  3. Turntimber Sower triggers, creating three 0/1 Plant creature tokens.
  4. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability
  5. Activate Earthcraft by tapping a Plant, untapping a basic Forest.
  6. Activate Turntimber Sower by paying {G} and sacrificing the three Plants, returning a land card from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Repeat.
Results: Infinite self-discard triggers
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  1. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Gilded Assault Cart.
  2. Mary Read and Anne Bonny triggers, creating two tapped Treasure tokens.
  3. Resolve the Iron-Shield Elf ability.
  4. Activate Gilded Assault Cart by sacrificing two Treasures, returning Gilded Assault Cart from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
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  1. Activate Osgir by paying {5}, tapping it and exiling Ugin's Nexus from your graveyard, creating four token copies of Ugin's Nexus.
  2. Put three of the Ugin's Nexus tokens into exile due to the legend rule and their replacement effects, causing you to take three extra turns after this one.
  3. Activate Karn's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, choosing to do nothing.
  4. Move to your next extra turn.
  5. Repeat from step 3 one additional time.
  6. Activate Karn's second loyalty ability by removing two loyalty counters from it, returning Ugin's Nexus from exile to your hand.
  7. Activate Iron-Shield Elf by discarding Ugin's Nexus.
  8. Move to your last extra turn.
  9. Repeat.
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