High Alert + Angelic Protector + Lightning Greaves

3-card combo · WU

Verdict

No — this combo kills exactly one opponent and collapses the moment that opponent has a single blocker.

Cards required: 3
Cheapest stack total: $4.67
Color identity: WU
Popularity: 6 decks
Format: Commander

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High Alert lets Angelic Protector deal damage equal to its toughness; each zero-mana Lightning Greaves re-equip triggers Angelic Protector to pump its own toughness by +0/+3, stacking arbitrarily high before the combat damage step. The prerequisite is the problem: the target opponent must have no legal blocker, which in a four-player pod requires either a removal spell or a dedicated evasion piece already on board.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

An opponent is unable to block and kill Angelic Protector.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , targeting Angelic Protector.
Angelic Protector triggers, giving itself +0/+3 until end of turn.
Resolve the Lightning Greaves ability, attaching it to Angelic Protector.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
Deal combat damage to an opponent with Angelic Protector, causing the opponent to lose the game due to having zero or less life.

Result

Infinite combat damage to one opponent

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Whispersilk Cloak gives Angelic Protector unblockable and can stand in for Lightning Greaves if shroud instead of hexproof is acceptable, though the re-equip loop requires a zero cost — Cloak does not qualify, so Lightning Greaves is non-negotiable here. Running Reconnaissance or Maze of Ith lets the deck protect the combo creature between attack steps, but the single-opponent ceiling is a structural ceiling, not a deckbuilding fix.