Cauldron of Souls + Goblin Bombardment Combos

11 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite damage Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite death triggers Infinite sacrifice triggers

Combo 1 with Tatterkite + Dross Scorpion

Results: Infinite damage · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Tatterkite persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Tatterkite.
  3. When Tatterkite dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
  4. Resolve the Tatterkite trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with no -1/-1 counters on it.
  5. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  6. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Dross Scorpion + Mycosynth Lattice

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature with bloodthirst persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature with bloodthirst.
  3. When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
  4. Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, which enters the battlefield with at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to its bloodthirst ability.
  5. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  6. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Dross Scorpion + Encroaching Mycosynth

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature with bloodthirst persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature with bloodthirst.
  3. When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
  4. Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, which enters the battlefield with at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to its bloodthirst ability.
  5. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  6. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 4 with Dross Scorpion + Biotransference

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving the creature with bloodthirst persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature with bloodthirst.
  3. When the creature dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
  4. Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, which enters the battlefield with at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to its bloodthirst ability.
  5. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  6. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 5 with Corridor Monitor + Cathars' Crusade

Results: Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Corridor Monitor persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Corridor Monitor.
  3. When Corridor Monitor dies, its persist ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. When Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, it and Cathars' Crusade trigger.
  5. Resolve the Corridor Monitor trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  6. Resolve the Cathars' Crusade trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
  7. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability from step 2, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  8. Repeat.

Combo 6 with Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero + Extruder

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Gerrard persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Extruder by sacrificing Cauldron of Souls, putting a +1/+1 counter on Gerrard.
  3. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Gerrard.
  4. When Gerrard dies, it and its persist ability trigger.
  5. Resolve the Gerrard persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  6. Resolve the second Gerrard trigger, failing to exile it as it has left your graveyard, and returning Cauldron of Souls from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability from step 3, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  8. Repeat.

Combo 7 with Zealous Conscripts + Verdurous Gearhulk

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Verdurous Gearhulk and Zealous Conscripts persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Zealous Conscripts.
  3. When Zealous Conscripts dies, its persist ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  5. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Verdurous Gearhulk.
  6. When Verdurous Gearhulk dies, its persist ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  7. When Verdurous Gearhulk enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and Zealous Conscripts, and two +1/+1 counters on any other creature(s) you control.
  8. Resolve both Goblin Bombardment abilities, dealing 2 damage to any target.
  9. Repeat.

Combo 8 with Szarel, Genesis Shepherd + Clock of Omens

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving two nontoken artifact creatures persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the nontoken artifact creatures, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  3. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing one of the nontoken artifact creatures that doesn't have a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. When the creature dies, its persist ability and Szarel triggers.
  5. Resolve the persist trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Resolve the Szarel trigger, putting a number of +1/+1 counters on the other artifact creature.
  7. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
  8. Repeat from step 3 once, instead sacrificing the creature who had counters placed on it in step 6.
  9. Repeat from step 1.

Combo 9 with Corridor Monitor + Verdurous Gearhulk

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Verdurous Gearhulk and Corridor Monitor persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Corridor Monitor.
  3. When Corridor Monitor dies, its persist ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. When Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  5. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Verdurous Gearhulk.
  6. When Verdurous Gearhulk dies, its persist ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  7. When Verdurous Gearhulk enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and Corridor Monitor, and two +1/+1 counters on any other creature(s) you control.
  8. Resolve both Goblin Bombardment abilities, dealing 2 damage to any target.
  9. Repeat.

Combo 10 with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Aerith Gainsborough

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage · Infinite +1/+1 counters on legendary creatures you control
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Derevi and Aerith persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Derevi.
  3. When Derevi dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. When Derevi enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  5. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Aerith.
  6. When Aerith dies, it triggers twice.
  7. Resolve Aerith's persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  8. Resolve the second Aerith trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each legendary creature you control, thus removing the -1/-1 counters from Aerith and Derevi.
  9. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment abilities from steps 2 and 5.
  10. Repeat.

Combo 11 with Dross Scorpion + Arsenal Thresher

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Arsenal Thresher persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Arsenal Thresher.
  3. When Arsenal Thresher dies, its persist ability and Dross Scorpion trigger.
  4. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  5. Resolve the Arsenal Thresher trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it, and then choosing to reveal at least one artifact card from your hand to remove the -1/-1 counter.
  6. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
  7. Repeat.
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