Combos with Shabraz, the Skyshark
15 known combos in Commander — View Shabraz, the Skyshark
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Show steps
- Draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to gain 1 life.
- Drogskol Reaver triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat from step 2 until your library is empty.
- In response to the final Shabraz trigger, remove a combo piece or win the game to avoid losing by drawing from an empty library.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Show steps
- Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying {5}{U}.
- When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- Shabraz triggers five times.
- Resolve the first Shabraz trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat from step 5.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Show steps
- Draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to gain 1 life.
- Lich's Mastery triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite storm count
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Activate Sense's Divining Top's second ability by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and put Sensei's Divining Top on top of your library from the battlefield.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Cast Sensei's Divining Top from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Show steps
- Draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to draw a card due to Nefarious Lich.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Gain life.
- Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Fathom Mage.
- Fathom Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
Show steps
- Gain life.
- Archangel of Thune triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Fathom Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Show steps
- Draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to draw a card due to Lich.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Gain life.
- Cleric Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Fathom Mage.
- Fathom Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 2 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Activate Benthic Biomancer by paying {1}{U}, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Benthic Biomancer triggers, causing you to loot.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Heliod triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Benthic Biomancer.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Exile your library
· Infinite rummaging
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Move to your cleanup step, causing you to discard cards down to your maximum hand size.
- Toluz's second ability triggers for each card discarded.
- Resolve the first trigger, exiling the discarded card from your graveyard.
- Ketramose triggers, causing you to draw a card and lose 1 life.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and putting a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Repeat from step 2 if needed for each remaining trigger.
- Discard down to your maximum hand size again, as you are still in your cleanup step.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Oloro's first ability triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- Oloro's second ability triggers, causing you to pay {1} to draw a card and cause each opponent to lose 1 life.
- Shabraz triggers. Holding priority, activate Skirge Familiar by discarding a card, adding {B}.
- Resolve the Shabraz trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and causing you to gain 1 life.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Activate Benthic Biomancer by paying {1}{U}, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Benthic Biomancer triggers, causing you to loot.
- Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 2 life and put a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Cleric Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Benthic Biomancer.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Near-infinite card draw
· Near-infinite looting
· Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
· Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
· Near-infinite energy counters
Show steps
- Activate Sphinx of the Revelation by paying {W}{U}{U}, tapping it and paying at least {E}{E}{E}{E}, causing you to draw at least four cards.
- Shabraz triggers for each card drawn this way.
- Resolve the first Shabraz trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and putting a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Sphinx of the Revelation triggers, causing you to get {E}.
- Repeat from step 3 for each remaining Shabraz trigger.
- Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Sphinx of the Revelation.
- Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent that can produce at least {W} or {U}.
- Activate the permanent by tapping it, adding at least {W} or {U}.
- Repeat from step 7 until you have {W}{U}{U} available.
- Repeat from step 1.
- You may pay additional {E} if able to net near-infinite card draw.
Results:
Infinite rummaging
· Infinite self-mill
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinitely large creature
Show steps
- Tap Famished Paladin to discard a card and draw a card.
- When you draw a card, Shabraz will trigger, gaining you 1 life and putting a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz.
- Gaining the life untaps Famished Paladin.
- Repeat.
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