Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Kormus Bell + Aether Flash

3-card combo · R

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card lock destroys every land that enters the battlefield, including your own.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.00

Color identity

Popularity

9 decks

Format

Commander

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Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth makes all lands Swamps; Kormus Bell turns all Swamps into 1/1 creatures; Aether Flash deals 2 damage to every creature that enters, killing each incoming land before its controller can use it. The lock is symmetrical and absolute — no land survives entering while all three are in play, which means the deck running this needs its mana established before Kormus Bell resolves.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Whenever a land enters the battlefield, it enters as a 1/1 Swamp creature due to Urborg and Kormus Bell.
Aether Flash triggers, dealing 2 damage to the land.
The land dies as a state-based action due to having less than zero toughness.

Result

Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield; Lock; Mass Land Denial

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Kormus Bell is the irreplaceable piece; there is no substitute that animates all Swamps. The combo slots most naturally into Rakdos or mono-black-red lists that can win through non-land mana like Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, or Cabal Coffers activations banked before the lock goes up — Ob Nixilis, the Fallen and Ankh of Mishra stack additional land punishment on top if the shell wants redundancy.

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Kormus Bell + Aether Flash

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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