Cormela, Glamour Thief + Saw in Half + Jeska's Will

3-card combo · UBR

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite storm count, infinite mana, and exiles the entire library through a self-sustaining Cormela recursion engine.

Cards required: 3
Cheapest stack total: $55.87
Color identity: UBR
Popularity: 917 decks
Format: Commander

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Cormela, Glamour Thief funds Saw in Half with its mana ability; Saw in Half destroys Cormela and creates two legend-rule-conflicted tokens, and both death triggers fire to return Saw in Half and Jeska's Will to hand. Jeska's Will refuels the red mana on every iteration, while Cormela's tap ability stacks blue, black, and red for instants and sorceries — the loop belongs in any Grixis storm or spellslinger build running a commander that enables Cormela as a tutor target or value piece.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

An opponent has at least four cards in hand.

Steps

Cast Jeska's Will by paying , adding at least .
Activate Cormela by paying and tapping it, adding that can only be spent to cast instand and/or sorcery spells.
Cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Cormela and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
Put one of the Cormela tokens into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
The Cormela that died in step 3 and the Cormela that died in step 4 each trigger, returning Jeska's Will and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite storm count; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The prerequisite is real friction — an opponent needs four cards in hand for Jeska's Will to produce enough mana to restart the loop, so politically hostile tables or wheels-heavy pods can strand the combo mid-game. Birgi, God of Storytelling handles the red-mana side if Jeska's Will is unavailable, though it requires a separate recursion outlet. Once the library is exiled, any instant or sorcery with a damage or drain effect — Grapeshot, Tendrils of Agony — closes the game; the storm count is the kill condition.