Task Force + Crookclaw Transmuter + Lightning Greaves

3-card combo · WU

Verdict

Yes — Task Force becomes an arbitrarily large attacker by swapping Lightning Greaves between it and any other creature an unlimited number of times before Crookclaw Transmuter flips its stats and sends lethal damage at one opponent.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$4.74

Color identity

Popularity

1 decks

Format

Commander

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Lightning Greaves equips for 0 mana, and each equip activation triggers Task Force's ability to give itself +0/+3; cycling the Greaves back and forth between Task Force and any other creature stacks the toughness to an arbitrary number. Crookclaw Transmuter then swaps that toughness into power on entry, turning the accumulated buff into a one-shot kill. The combo needs an opponent who can't block and kill Task Force mid-loop, which is a real condition to manage at a table with open shields.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control at least one additional creature. An opponent is unable to block and kill Task Force.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , targeting Task Force.
Task Force triggers, giving itself +0/+3 until end of turn.
Resolve the Lightning Greaves ability, attaching it to Task Force.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
Cast Crookclaw Transmuter by paying .
Crookclaw Transmuter enters the battlefield, switching Task Force's power and toughness until end of turn.
Deal combat damage to an opponent with Task Force, causing the opponent to lose the game due to having zero or less life.

Result

Infinite combat damage to one opponent; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir or any other enabler that grants unblockability closes the opening prerequisite more cleanly than hoping the board is clear. Equip-cost reducers like Brass Squire or Sigarda's Aid don't replace anything here since the equip cost is already 0; the slot to cut is Crookclaw Transmuter if a cheaper power-toughness switcher exists in the deck, though few do at instant speed.

Task Force + Crookclaw Transmuter + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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