Combos with Shallow Grave

7 known combos in Commander — View Shallow Grave

Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Burnt Offering Burnt Offering Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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  1. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}.
  2. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Sacrifice Sacrifice Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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  1. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}.
  2. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Inalla, Archmage Ritualist Spellseeker Spellseeker
Culling the Weak Culling the Weak
Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
+6 more
Results: Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Cast Spellseeker, stacking Inalla's trigger under Spellseeker's ETB trigger.
  2. Tutor Culling the Weak to hand with Spellseeker's ability.
  3. Cast Culling the Weak, sacrificing Spellseeker and adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  4. Resolve and pay for the Inalla trigger from earlier, creating a token copy of Spellseeker and leaving {B}{B}{B} floating.
  5. When the token ETBs, tutor Unearth to your hand.
  6. Unearth Spellseeker, leaving {B}{B} floating.
  7. Shortcut resolving both Inalla's trigger and Spellseeker's ETB, tutoring for Burnt Offering and Finale of Promise, leaving {B} floating.
  8. Cast Burnt Offering, sacrificing Spellseeker and adding {B}{R}{R}.
  9. Use that mana to cast Finale of Promise with X=1 targeting Unearth and Culling the Weak.
  10. Sacrifice a Spellseeker token to Culling the Weak for {B}{B}{B}{B} and Unearth Spellseeker.
  11. Resolve Spellseeker's ETB and Inalla's trigger, tutoring Entomb and Reanimate into hand.
  12. Entomb and then Reanimate Archaeomancer, leaving {B} floating.
  13. Resolve Archaeomancer's ETB, returning Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
  14. Cast Burnt Offering on Archaeomancer, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  15. Resolve the Inalla trigger from when Archaeomancer ETB'd and return Reanimate to your hand, leaving {B}{B}{B} floating.
  16. Reanimate Archaeomancer and resolve the Inalla trigger, retrieving Burnt Offering and FInale of promise, {B} floating.
  17. Sacrifice Archaeomancer to Burnt Offering, adding {R}{R}{B}{B}.
  18. Cast FInale of Promise with X=1 targeting Entomb and Reanimate.
  19. Entomb Shallow Grave and Reanimate Archaeomancer, {B} floating.
  20. Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger returning Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
  21. Sacrifice Archaeomancer to Burnt Offering, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  22. Resolve the Inalla trigger, making a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste and leaving {B}{B}{B} floating.
  23. Return Shallow Grave with the token copy's ETB.
  24. Cast Shallow Grave targeting Archaeomancer, leaving {B} floating.
  25. Repeat steps 20-24 for infinite hasty Archaeomancers.
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Cormela, Glamour Thief Cormela, Glamour Thief Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Results: Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Cormela by paying {1} and tapping it, adding {U}{B}{R} that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells.
  2. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cormela, adding {C}{C}.
  3. Cormela dies, returning Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, putting Cormela from your graveyard onto the battlefield.
  5. Repeat.
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Cormela, Glamour Thief Cormela, Glamour Thief Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Results: Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Cormela by paying {1} and tapping it, adding {U}{B}{R} that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cormela, adding {1}.
  3. Cormela dies, returning Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, putting Cormela from your graveyard onto the battlefield.
  5. Repeat.
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Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Shallow Grave Shallow Grave Corridor Monitor Corridor Monitor
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Corridor Monitor, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Shallow Grave without paying its mana cost.
  3. Resolve Shallow Grave, returning Corridor Monitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Isochron Scepter.
  5. Repeat.
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Isochron Scepter Isochron Scepter
Shallow Grave Shallow Grave Corridor Monitor Corridor Monitor
Krark-Clan Ironworks Krark-Clan Ironworks
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Corridor Monitor, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Activate Isochron Scepter by paying {2} and tapping it, casting a copy of Shallow Grave without paying its mana cost.
  3. Resolve Shallow Grave, returning Corridor Monitor from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Isochron Scepter.
  5. Repeat.
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