Cacophodon + Hammerfist Giant + Heroic Intervention

3-card combo · RG

Verdict

No — the life-total prerequisite makes this a win-more combo that collapses the moment any opponent gains a single life or you take incidental damage.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.40

Color identity

Popularity

9 decks

Format

Commander

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Hammerfist Giant's activated ability deals 4 damage to every creature without flying and every player, including the pilot; Cacophodon converts that damage into an untap trigger, letting the Giant fire again with Heroic Intervention keeping everything indestructible. The setup requires Gruul mana, three specific cards, and a life total cushion of at least four over every opponent — a condition that drifts the moment a fetch land or a Shock enters the picture on the opponents' side.

How it works

Prerequisites

Hammerfist Giant does not have summoning sickness. Your life total is at least four greater than each opponent's life total.

Steps

Cast Heroic Intervention by paying , giving permanents you control hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Activate Hammerfist Giant by tapping it, dealing 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player.
Cacophodon triggers, untapping Hammerfist Giant.
Repeat from step 2.

Result

Infinite damage

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Pestilence or Pyrohemia paired with Cacophodon achieves the same untap loop in their respective color identities without committing a combat-damage Giant to the stack. If the Hammerfist line is the plan, Boros Charm replaces Heroic Intervention for one less mana while keeping everything indestructible — it can't be targeted by Naturalize effects either.

Cacophodon + Hammerfist Giant + Heroic Intervention

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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