Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Living Lands + Aether Flash

3-card combo · RG

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card lock destroys every land that enters the battlefield, ending the game for any deck that needs to develop its mana.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$21.33

Color identity

Popularity

4 decks

Format

Commander

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Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth makes all lands Forests, and Living Lands turns every Forest into a 1/1 creature, so each land that enters immediately becomes a creature — at which point Aether Flash deals 2 damage to it and kills it before its controller ever taps it. The lock is symmetrical, so the pilot running this needs either a mana-sufficient board already in play or a commander like Omnath, Locus of Rage that operates off existing resources.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Whenever a land enters the battlefield, it enters as a 1/1 Forest creature due to Yavimaya and Living Lands.
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 replaces Living Lands if the combo is built in a shell that can produce white mana, animating Swamps instead, though that requires Yavimaya to also make all lands Forests first. Spreading Algae is a softer pressure piece if the full lock feels too expensive to assemble, but the three-card version is the only clean kill — anything less just slows land development rather than stopping it.

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Living Lands + Aether Flash

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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