Cephalid Illusionist + Lightning Greaves

2-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — this 2-card loop mills your entire library at zero mana cost the moment both pieces hit the table.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$5.70

Color identity

Popularity

2,341 decks

Format

Commander

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Lightning Greaves equips for 0, and every equip targeting Cephalid Illusionist triggers the mill-three ability — reattaching the Greaves to any other creature and back again would also work, but the Illusionist is the only target needed to loop indefinitely. This is the backbone of Cephalid Breakfast decks, where the goal is to dump the library into the graveyard and win through Thassa's Oracle, Thassa's Oracle with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries as backup, or a reanimation chain off the milled creatures.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves's equip ability by paying , targeting Cephalid Illusionist.
Cephalid Illusionist triggers, causing you to mill three cards.
Resolve the Lightning Greaves ability, attaching it to Cephalid Illusionist.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite self-mill

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Shuko is the zero-equip-cost replacement if Lightning Greaves is removed — it does the same job without shroud, which actually makes Cephalid Illusionist easier to target with other spells mid-combo. Once the library is in the graveyard, Thassa's Oracle is the clean one-card closer; Nomads en-Kor fills a similar looping role to Lightning Greaves if the deck runs white.

Cephalid Illusionist + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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