Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse + Hullbreaker Horror + Recruit the Worthy + Commander's Sphere

4-card combo · WU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-piece loop generates infinite Soldier tokens and infinite storm count once opponents have drawn three cards this turn.

Cards required
4
Cheapest stack total
$4.03
Color identity
WU
Popularity
4 decks
Format
Commander
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Heliod, the Warped Eclipse reduces Hullbreaker Horror's spell-cost-reduction trigger to make Commander's Sphere free to recast, and Recruit the Worthy with buyback refunds itself to hand each loop — one white from the Sphere covers the buyback cost while Horror bounces the Sphere back before the next cast. The combo lives in a Bant or Azorius spell-slinging shell that cares about magecraft or storm count, and it demands opponents have drawn at least three cards this turn, making it naturally at home in wheels-adjacent blue builds.

Recipe

How it works

01

Prerequisites

the Warped Eclipse. Your opponents have drawn at least three cards this turn.

02

Steps

  1. Activate Commander's Sphere's first ability by tapping it, adding {W}.
  2. Cast Recruit the Worthy with buyback by paying {W}.
  3. Hullbreaker Horror triggers, returning Commander's Sphere to your hand from the battlefield.
  4. Resolve Recruit the Worthy, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token and returning Recruit the Worthy to your hand.
  5. Cast Commander's Sphere by paying {0}.
  6. Repeat.

03

Result

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Commander's Sphere is the preferred mana rock here because its zero-cost recasting closes the loop cleanly, but any rock that taps for white and can be cast for zero under Heliod, the Warped Eclipse's reduction fills the same seat. The loop produces tokens but no inherent draw or damage — close with Altar of the Brood for mill, Impact Tremors for damage, or pump the token count into a finisher like Purphoros, God of the Forge if the shell can support red.

Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID commanders-sphere-heliod-the-radiant-dawn-heliod-the-warped-eclipse-hullbreaker-horror-2

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Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.