Crystalline Crawler + Maskwood Nexus Combos
11 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite colored mana
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Combo 1 with Fertilid + Avenger of Zendikar + Ancient Greenwarden
Results:
Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
Steps
- Activate Fertilid by paying {1}{G} and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, causing you to search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- When the land enters the battlefield, Avenger of Zendikar's second ability triggers twice, putting two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability twice by removing two +1/+1 counters from it, adding {1}{G}.
- Repeat.
Combo 2 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Freed from the Real + Doubling Season
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 3 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Freed from the Real + Branching Evolution
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 4 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Pemmin's Aura + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 5 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Freed from the Real + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 6 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Pemmin's Aura + Doubling Season
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 7 with Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch + Pemmin's Aura + Branching Evolution
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Urtet by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} and tapping it, putting six +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, as they are all Myrs due to Maskwood Nexus.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability six times by removing six +1/+1 counters from it, adding {W}{U}{U}{B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Urtet.
- Repeat.
Combo 8 with Green Goblin, Nemesis + Tortured Existence
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
- Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card.
- Green Goblin's first ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler.
- Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
Combo 9 with Phylath, World Sculptor + Fertilid + Ancient Greenwarden
Results:
Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
Show steps
- Activate Fertilid by paying {1}{G} and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, causing you to search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- When the land enters the battlefield, Phylath's second ability triggers twice, putting four +1/+1 counters on Fertilid and Crystalline Crawler.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability twice by removing two +1/+1 counters from it, adding {1}{G}.
- Repeat.
Combo 10 with Sophia, Dogged Detective + Lonis, Genetics Expert
Results:
Infinite colored mana
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Sophia by paying {1} and sacrificing an artifact token.
- If the token was a Clue, Lonis's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
- Resolve the Sophia ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Lonis's first ability triggers, creating a Clue token.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {1}
- Repeat.
Combo 11 with Yarok, the Desecrated + Fertilid + Avenger of Zendikar
Results:
Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield
Show steps
- Activate Fertilid by paying {1}{G} and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, causing you to search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped.
- When the land enters the battlefield, Avenger of Zendikar's second ability triggers twice, putting two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability twice by removing two +1/+1 counters from it, adding {1}{G}.
- Repeat.
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