Combos with Possessed Skaab

15 known combos in Commander — View Possessed Skaab

Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Possessed Skaab and Peregrine Drake.
  3. When Possessed Skaab and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker to your hand from your graveyard.
  5. Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Displace Displace Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Displace by paying {2}{U}, blinking Possessed Skaab and Peregrine Drake
  3. When Possessed Skaab and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Displace from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Doppelgang Doppelgang
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite copies of all permanents · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand · Return all creature cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Doppelgang by paying {15}{G}{U}, creating five token copies of Possessed Skaab and of the four mana-producing permanents.
  2. When the Possessed Skaab tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Doppelgang and up to four other creature, instant or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Activate seventeen of the mana-producing permanent tokens by tapping them, adding at least {15}{G}{U}.
  4. Repeat.
  5. Once you have infinite tokens and mana, you may instead target any other permanents using Doppelgang.
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Rise of the Dark Realms Rise of the Dark Realms
Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing Possessed Skaab, adding {B}.
  2. Repeat step 1 for each other nontoken creature you control.
  3. Cast Rise of the Dark Realms by paying {7}{B}{B}, returning all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control.
  4. When Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Rise of the Dark Realms to your hand from your graveyard.
  5. Repeat.
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Turnabout Turnabout
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Shipwreck Dowser Shipwreck Dowser
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce · Infinite blinking
Show steps
  1. Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {4}{U}{U}{U}.
  2. Cast Turnabout by paying {2}{U}{U}, untapping all lands you control.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Shipwreck Dowser and Possessed Skaab.
  4. When Shipwreck Dowser and Possessed Skaab enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Turnabout Turnabout
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab Archaeomancer Archaeomancer
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Show steps
  1. Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {4}{U}{U}{U}.
  2. Cast Turnabout by paying {2}{U}{U}, untapping all lands you control.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Archaeomancer and Possessed Skaab.
  4. When Archaeomancer and Possessed Skaab enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Displacer Kitten Displacer Kitten Frantic Search Frantic Search Dark Ritual Dark Ritual Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite looting · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite black mana · Near-infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Cast Dark Ritual by paying {B}.
  2. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Possessed Skaab.
  3. When Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Frantic Search from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Resolve Dark Ritual, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Activate up to three lands by tapping them, adding at least {U}.
  6. Cast Frantic Search by paying {2}{B}.
  7. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Possessed Skaab.
  8. When Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Dark Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Resolve Frantic Search, causing you to loot twice and untap up to three lands.
  10. Repeat.
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Turnabout Turnabout
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab Salvager of Secrets Salvager of Secrets
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Show steps
  1. Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {4}{U}{U}{U}.
  2. Cast Turnabout by paying {2}{U}{U}, untapping all lands you control.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Salvager of Secrets and Possessed Skaab.
  4. When Salvager of Secrets and Possessed Skaab enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Turnabout Turnabout
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Mnemonic Wall Mnemonic Wall
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Show steps
  1. Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {4}{U}{U}{U}.
  2. Cast Turnabout by paying {2}{U}{U}, untapping all lands you control.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Mnemonic Wall and Possessed Skaab.
  4. When Mnemonic Wall and Possessed Skaab enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Displace Displace
Great Whale Great Whale
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Displace by paying {2}{U}, blinking Possessed Skaab and Great Whale
  3. When Possessed Skaab and Great Whale enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Displace from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Great Whale trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Turnabout Turnabout
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab Scrivener Scrivener
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Show steps
  1. Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {4}{U}{U}{U}.
  2. Cast Turnabout by paying {2}{U}{U}, untapping all lands you control.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Possessed Skaab and Scrivener.
  4. When Possessed Skaab and Scrivener enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Displace Displace Palinchron Palinchron Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Displace by paying {2}{U}, blinking Possessed Skaab and Palinchron
  3. When Possessed Skaab and Palinchron enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Displace from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Palinchron trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Saw in Half Saw in Half
Sacrifice Sacrifice Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite black mana
Show steps
  1. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Possessed Skaab and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  2. When the Possessed Skaab tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Sacrifice from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing a Possessed Skaab token, adding an amount of {B} equal to its mana value.
  4. Repeat.
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Hidetsugu and Kairi Hidetsugu and Kairi
Clone Legion Clone Legion
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Clone Legion by paying {7}{U}{U}, causing you to create a token copy of Hidetsugu and Kairi and Possessed Skaab.
  2. Put the token Hidetsugu and Kairi into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  3. The Hidetsugu and Kairi token's first and second abilities trigger, as well as Possessed Skaab.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Clone Legion from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the first Hidetsugu and Kairi trigger, causing you to draw three cards and then put Clone Legion and another card on top of your library, ensuring Clone Legion is on top.
  6. Resolve the second Hidetsugu and Kairi trigger, exiling Clone Legion from the top of your library, then causing an opponent to lose 9 life and allowing you to cast Clone Legion from exile without paying its mana cost.
  7. Resolve Clone Legion, causing you to create a token copy of Hidetsugu and Kairi and Possessed Skaab.
  8. Repeat from step 2.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Possessed Skaab Possessed Skaab
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite blinking of nonland permanents · Infinite magecraft triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
  2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Possessed Skaab and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
  3. Abdel Adrian and Possessed Skaab trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Ghostly Flicker.
  6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Possessed Skaab and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
  7. Repeat.
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