Brain Freeze + Lotus Petal Combos
3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite mill
Near-infinite storm count
Infinite magecraft triggers
Combo 1 with Underworld Breach
Also requires:
Underworld Breach
Underworld Breach
Results:
Infinite self-mill
· Near-infinite magecraft triggers
· Near-infinite mill
Steps
- Activate Lotus Petal by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {U}.
- Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard for its escape cost by exiling three cards besides Brain Freeze from your graveyard.
- Repeat from step 1 one additional time.
- Cast Brain Freeze either from your hand by paying {1}{U}, or from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {1}{U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
- Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, creating at least two copies of Brain Freeze targeting yourself, and any remaining copies targeting an opponent.
- Resolve each Brain Freeze, causing yourself to mill nine cards and, if applicable, an opponent to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze remaining.
- Repeat.
Combo 2 with Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Underworld Breach
Results:
Infinite self-mill
· Near-infinite magecraft triggers
· Near-infinite mill
· Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Lotus Petal by sacrificing it, adding {U}.
- Cast Brain Freeze by paying {U}, targeting yourself.
- If you have less than two experience counters, Mizzix triggers, causing you to get an experience counter.
- Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, creating a copy of Brain Freeze for each other spell you've cast this turn, with one copy targeting yourself and all remaining copies targeting any player.
- Resolve all Brain Freeze spells, causing yourself to mill six cards and all other targeted players to mill three cards for each Brain Freeze.
- Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {0} and exiling three cards from your graveyard.
- Activate Lotus Petal by sacrificing it, adding {U}.
- Cast Brain Freeze from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {U} and exiling three cards from your graveyard, targeting yourself.
- Repeat from step 4.
Combo 3 with Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Freed from the Real
Results:
Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite mill
· Infinite storm count
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
Show steps
- Activate Lotus Petal by tapping it and sacrificing it, adding {U}.
- Activate Emry by tapping it, allowing you to cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard this turn.
- Activate Freed from the Real by paying {U}, untapping Emry.
- Cast Lotus Petal from your graveyard by paying {0}.
- Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
- Cast Brain Freeze.
- Brain Freeze's storm ability triggers, copying it for each spell cast before it this turn.
- Resolve the all the Brain Freeze copies and Brain Freeze, milling any number of players for an arbitrarily large amount.
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