Scuttletide + Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp

3-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop turns a single card in hand into near-infinite draw, mana, and death triggers at the cost of 2 mana per cycle.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$24.08

Color identity

Popularity

317 decks

Format

Commander

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Scuttletide churns out 0/3 Crab tokens for 1 mana and a discard; equipping Skullclamp to a 0-toughness Crab kills it immediately, drawing two cards to replace what was discarded and then some. Ashnod's Altar sacrifices the Crab for 2 colorless, which funds the next Scuttletide activation — the loop self-sustains as long as cards hit the graveyard faster than the hand empties, which it does.

How it works

Prerequisites

You have at least one card in hand.

Steps

Activate Scuttletide by paying and discarding a card, creating a 0/3 Crab creature token.
Activate Skullclamp's equip ability by paying , attaching it to the Crab token.
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Crab, adding .
The Crab dies, triggering Skullclamp, causing you to draw two cards.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Phyrexian Altar works in place of Ashnod's Altar if colorless doesn't cut it and blue mana is needed elsewhere. The loop produces near-infinite tokens and death triggers but no direct win condition — close it with a free-to-cast payoff like Thassa's Oracle on a near-empty library, or stack enough triggers on Altar of Dementia to mill the table.

Scuttletide + Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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