Clever Impersonator + Cloudstone Curio Combos

3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite mill Infinite card draw Near-infinite ETB Infinite draw triggers Near-infinite storm count

Combo 1 with Anticausal Vestige

Also requires: Anticausal Vestige Anticausal Vestige
Results: Infinite card draw · Near-infinite ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB
Steps
  1. Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Anticausal Vestige.
  2. When Clever Impersonator enters, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Anticausal Vestige from the battlefield to your hand.
  3. When Anticausal Vestige leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to draw a card and and put Anticausal Vestige from your hand onto the battlefield.
  4. When Anticausal Vestige enters, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. When Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to draw a card and put Clever Impersonator from your hand onto the battlefield as a copy of Anticausal Vestige.
  6. Repeat from step 2.

Combo 2 with The World Spell + Lithoform Engine + Altar of the Brood

Results: Infinite mill
Show steps
  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
  2. The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine's first ability by paying {2} and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
  4. Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Clever Impersonator and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
  5. Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
  6. Clever Impersonator triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
  7. Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
  8. Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
  9. Resolve the Clever Impersonator trigger, putting it and the non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
  10. Repeat from step 5.

Combo 3 with The World Spell + Strionic Resonator + Altar of the Brood

Results: Infinite mill
Show steps
  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The World Spell triggers, putting a lore counter on itself.
  2. The World Spell's third chapter ability triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying {2} and targeting it, copying The World Spell's trigger.
  4. Resolve the copy of The World Spell's trigger, putting Clever Impersonator and any non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
  5. Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of The World Spell, with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
  6. Clever Impersonator triggers once, and Cloudstone Curio and Altar of the Brood each trigger twice.
  7. Resolve both Altar of the Brood triggers, causing each opponent to mill two cards.
  8. Resolve both Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Clever Impersonator and any other non-Saga enchantment from the battlefield to your hand.
  9. Resolve the Clever Impersonator trigger, putting it and the non-Saga enchantment onto the battlefield from your hand.
  10. Repeat from step 5.
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