Priest of Fell Rites + Body Double + Bishop of Wings + Arcane Adaptation + Lightning Greaves

5-card combo · WUB

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite life, infinite death triggers, and infinite Spirit tokens in any Esper shell that can hold all the pieces together.

Cards required: 5
Cheapest stack total: $15.05
Color identity: WUB
Popularity: 0 decks
Format: Commander

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Arcane Adaptation naming 'Angel' makes Priest of Fell Rites and Body Double Angels on entry, which causes Bishop of Wings to trigger on every ETB and death in the loop — netting sixteen life per full cycle and two Spirit tokens. Lightning Greaves is the glue: its zero-equip cost grants haste and shroud to Priest of Fell Rites so it can activate immediately without paying the three-life cost a second time from a cold start. The combo lives in Esper reanimator shells — Sharuum the Hegemon, Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, or any commander that tutors enchantments and creatures interchangeably.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

"Angel" chosen with Arcane Adaptation. Your life total is at least four.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Priest of Fell Rites.
Activate Priest of Fell Rites by paying three life, tapping and sacrificing it.
When Priest of Fell Rites dies, Bishop of Wings' second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Spirit creature token.
When the Spirit enters the battlefield, Bishop of Wings' first ability triggers, causing you to gain four life.
Resolve the Priest of Fell Rites ability, returning Body Double from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Priest of Fell Rites.
When Body Double enters the battlefield, Bishop of Wings' first ability triggers, causing you to gain four life.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Body Double.
Activate Body Double by paying three life, tapping and sacrificing it.
When Body Double dies, Bishop of Wings' second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Spirit creature token.
When the Spirit enters the battlefield, Bishop of Wings' first ability triggers, causing you to gain four life.
Resolve the Body Double ability, returning Priest of Fell Rites from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Priest of Fell Rites enters the battlefield, Bishop of Wings' first ability triggers, causing you to gain four life.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Maskwood Nexus replaces Arcane Adaptation if the enchantment slot is contested or removal is heavy — it costs one more mana but also names every creature type at once, which is relevant in tribal builds. On the kill side, Sanguine Bond converts the infinite lifegain into infinite drain immediately; Altar of the Brood mills every opponent out on the same loop if tokens and ETBs are already flooding the stack. The five-card dependency is real fragility — losing any single piece stalls the engine entirely.