Astral Dragon + Mirror Image Combos

2 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite death triggers Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents Infinite creature tokens

Combo 1 with Princess Yue

Also requires: Princess Yue Princess Yue
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
Steps
  1. Cast Mirror Image by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
  2. Put Mirror Image into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  3. When Mirror Image dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield as a land named Moon. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Astral Dragon, gaining its abilities.
  4. When Mirror Image enters, it triggers, creating two token copies of itself, thus creating two copies of Moon with Astral Dragon's abilities, that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to its other types.
  5. Put all but one of the [[clones]] into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  6. The Mirror Image tokens each trigger. Resolve a trigger, creating two token copies of itself, thus creating two copies of Moon with Astral Dragon's abilities, that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to its other types.
  7. Repeat from step 5.

Combo 2 with Necromancy

Also requires: Necromancy Necromancy
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Necromancy by paying {2}{B}.
  2. When Necromancy enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Astral Dragon from your graveyard to the battlefield, and then attaching Necromancy to Astral Dragon.
  3. When Astral Dragon enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating two token copies of Necromancy that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to their other types.
  4. When the Necromancy tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, with at least one trigger targeting Mirror Image.
  5. Resolve the first Necromancy trigger, returning Mirror Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Astral Dragon, and not attaching Necromancy to Mirror Image due to Necromancy being a creature.
  6. The Necromancy Aura creature token is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to being an Aura that is unattached.
  7. The Necromancy token leaves-the-battlefield ability triggers, as well as Mirror Image's enters-the-battlefield ability.
  8. Resolve the Necromancy trigger, causing you to sacrifce Mirror Image.
  9. Resolve the Mirror Image trigger, creating two token copies of Necromancy that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to their other types.
  10. Repeat from step 4.
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