Cephalid Aristocrat + Lightning Greaves

2-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — this 2-card package mills your entire library at zero mana cost as long as a second creature is in play.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.13

Color identity

Popularity

167 decks

Format

Commander

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Lightning Greaves equips for free, and every time it moves onto Cephalid Aristocrat, the Aristocrat triggers to mill two cards. Bouncing the Greaves to any other creature you control resets the loop — the second creature is a vessel, not a participant. Cephalid Illusionist shells and Thassa's Oracle combo decks are the natural homes, since the whole point is emptying the library in a single turn.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control an additional creature.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves's equip ability by paying , targeting Cephalid Aristocrat.
Cephalid Aristocrat triggers, causing you to mill two cards.
Resolve Lightning Greaves's ability, attaching it to Cephalid Aristrocrat.
Activate Lightning Greaves's equip ability by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite self-mill

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Cephalid Illusionist replaces Cephalid Aristocrat if the deck already runs Nomads en-Kor or another free-targeting enabler, though that line requires more pieces. The self-mill result is the engine — the kill still needs Thassa's Oracle, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, or a Labman effect waiting in hand or already on board before the loop resolves.

Cephalid Aristocrat + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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