Combos with Rowan, Scion of War
15 known combos in Commander — View Rowan, Scion of War
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Wall of Blood by paying 1 life, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to the highest life total among your opponents.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Exsanguinate, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Exsanguinate, causing each opponent to lose X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to the highest life total among your opponents.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Exsanguinate, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Exsanguinate, causing each opponent to lose X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any applicable target.
- Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Resolve Searing Touch, dealing 1 damage to any target and returning Searing Touch to your hand.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {R}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Lord of the Forsaken's second ability by paying 1 life, adding {C} that can only be spent to cast spells from your graveyard.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to the highest life total among your opponents.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Exsanguinate, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Exsanguinate, causing each opponent to lose X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
Show steps
- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Debt to the Deathless, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {W}{W}{B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Debt to the Deathless, causing each opponent to lose twice X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Results:
Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Lab Rats with buyback by paying {B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Resolve Lab Rats, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token and returning Lab Rats to your hand.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Wall of Blood by paying 1 life, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Debt to the Deathless, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {W}{W}{B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Debt to the Deathless, causing each opponent to lose twice X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Results:
Infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {3}.
- Cast Seething Anger with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any creature.
- Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Resolve Seething Anger, giving target creature +3/+0 until end of turn and returning Seething Anger to your hand.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {R}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Lab Rats with buyback by paying {B} due to Rowan's ability, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token and returning Lab Rats to your hand.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Rat, adding {B}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite lifegain
· Infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any applicable target.
- Sedgemoor Witch triggers, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
- Resolve Searing Touch, dealing 1 damage to any target and returning Searing Touch to your hand.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding {R}.
- When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite lifegain
· Infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any applicable target.
- Sedgemoor Witch triggers, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
- Resolve Searing Touch, dealing 1 damage to any target and returning Searing Touch to your hand.
- Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing the Pest, adding {R}.
- When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite lifegain
· Infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite LTB
· Infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {3}.
- Cast Seething Anger with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any creature.
- Sedgemoor Witch triggers, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
- Resolve Seething Anger, giving target creature +3/+0 until end of turn and returning Seething Anger to your hand.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding {R}.
- When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite lifegain
· Infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite LTB
· Infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {3}.
- Cast Seething Anger with buyback by paying {R} due to Rowan's ability, targeting any creature.
- Sedgemoor Witch triggers, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
- Resolve Seething Anger, giving target creature +3/+0 until end of turn and returning Seething Anger to your hand.
- Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing the Pest, adding {R}.
- When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least {4}.
- Cast Ancestral Statue by paying {0} due to Rowan's ability.
- When Ancestral Statue enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself to your hand from the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite energy counters
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite scry 1
· Infinite storm count
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- Activate Rowan by tapping it, causing black and red spells you cast to cost {1} less for each life you've lost this turn.
- Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {B}.
- When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
- Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
- When Greedy Freebooter dies, it triggers, causing you to scry 1 and create a Treasure token.
- Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Shambling Ghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {B}.
- When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
- Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Shambling Ghast and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
- When Shambling Ghast dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Greedy Freebooter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Repeat from step 2.
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