Thermopod + Yedora, Grave Gardener Combos

11 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite landfall triggers Infinite LTB Infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite green mana

Combo 1 with Pyrotechnic Performer

Results: Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Pyrotechnic Performer, adding {R}.
  2. When Pyrotechnic Performer dies, Yedora triggers, returning Pyrotechnic Performer from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Pyrotechnic Performer by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Pyrotechnic Performer's disguise ability by paying {R}, turning it face-up.
  5. Pyrotechnic Performer triggers, dealing damage equal to its power to each opponent.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Hauntwoods Shrieker

Also requires: Hauntwoods Shrieker Hauntwoods Shrieker
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing itself, adding {R}.
  2. When Thermopod dies, Yedora triggers, returning Thermopod from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Thermopod by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Hauntwoods Shrieker by paying {1}{G}, turning Thermopod face-up.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Nervous Gardener

Also requires: Nervous Gardener Nervous Gardener
Results: Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite red mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Put all lands with a basic land type from your library into your hand · Infinite death triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Nervous Gardener, adding {R}.
  2. When Nervous Gardener dies, Yedora triggers, returning Nervous Gardener from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Nervous Gardener by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Nervous Gardener's disguise ability by paying {G}, turning it face-up.
  5. Nervous Gardener triggers, causing you to search your library for a land with a basic land type and put it into your hand.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 4 with Temur Charger

Also requires: Temur Charger Temur Charger
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Temur Charger, adding {R}.
  2. When Temur Charger dies, Yedora triggers, returning Temur Charger from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Temur Charger by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Temur Charger's morph ability by revealing a green card from your hand, turning Temur Charger face up.
  5. Temur Charger triggers, giving target creature trample until end of turn.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 5 with Ire Shaman

Also requires: Ire Shaman Ire Shaman
Results: Exile your library · Infinite death triggers · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Ire Shaman, adding {R}.
  2. When Ire Shaman dies, Yedora triggers, returning Ire Shaman from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Ire Shaman by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Ire Shaman's morph ability by paying {R}, turning it face up.
  5. Ire Shaman triggers, exiling the top card of your library with the ability to play it this turn.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 6 with Ambush Commander

Also requires: Ambush Commander Ambush Commander
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander, adding {R}.
  2. When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. Repeat.

Combo 7 with Branchsnap Lorian

Also requires: Branchsnap Lorian Branchsnap Lorian
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Branchsnap Lorian, adding {R}.
  2. When Branchsnap Lorian dies, Yedora triggers, returning Branchsnap Lorian from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Branchsnap Lorian by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Branchsnap Lorian's morph ability by paying {G}, turning it face up.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 8 with Dwarven Blastminer

Also requires: Dwarven Blastminer Dwarven Blastminer
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Dwarven Blastminer, adding {R}.
  2. When Dwarven Blastminer dies, Yedora triggers, returning Dwarven Blastminer from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Dwarven Blastminer by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Dwarven Blastminer's morph ability by paying {R}, turning it face up.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 9 with Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite red mana
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing it.
  2. When Thermopod dies, Yedora triggers, returning Thermopod from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. When Thermopod enters the battlefield as a Forest land, Zimone triggers.
  4. Holding priority, activate the land by tapping it, adding {G}.
  5. Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning the creature face-up.
  6. Resolve the Thermopod ability from step 1, adding {R}.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 10 with Beifong's Bounty Hunters

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the first additional creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Yedora and Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger.
  3. Resolve the Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger, earthbending a land.
  4. Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning the first creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest.
  5. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the second creature.
  6. When the second creature dies, Yedora and Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger.
  7. Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning the second creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest.
  8. Resolve the Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger, earthbending the first creature.
  9. Activate the first and second creature by tapping them, adding {G}{G}.
  10. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the first creature.
  11. When the creature dies, Yedora and Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger.
  12. Resolve the Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  13. Resolve the Yedora trigger, doing nothing.
  14. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the first creature.
  15. When the creature dies, Yedora and Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger.
  16. Resolve the Yedora trigger, returning the first creature from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  17. Resolve the Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger, earthbending the second creature.
  18. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the second creature.
  19. When the creature dies, Yedora and Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger.
  20. Resolve the Beifong's Bounty Hunters trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  21. Resolve the Yedora trigger, doing nothing.
  22. Repeat from step 5.

Combo 11 with Granite Witness + Skirk Alarmist

Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite red mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Granite Witness, adding {R}.
  2. When Granite Witness dies, Yedora triggers, returning Granite Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
  3. Activate Granite Witness by tapping it, adding {G}.
  4. Activate Skirk Alarmist by tapping it, turning Granite Witness face-up.
  5. Granite Witness triggers, untapping Skirk Alarmist.
  6. Repeat.
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