The Locust God + Skullclamp + Cryptolith Rite
3-card combo · GUR
Verdict
Yes — this 3-card loop converts a single 1-toughness creature into infinite draws, infinite Insects, and near-infinite mana with nothing beyond Cryptolith Rite's color fix.
- Cards required
- 3
- Cheapest stack total
- $22.56
- Color identity
- GUR
- Popularity
- 2,721 decks
- Format
- Commander
Skullclamp kills any 1-toughness creature and draws two; The Locust God replaces that creature with two 1/1 Insects, each a fresh Skullclamp target. Cryptolith Rite taps each new Insect for colored mana, paying the 1-cost equip on every iteration. The three-card core slots naturally into The Locust God as commander — Skullclamp and Cryptolith Rite are already staples in that 75, which means the combo assembles itself from pieces the deck wants independently.
Recipe
How it works
01
Prerequisites
You control a creature whose toughness is equal to one.
02
Steps
- Activate Skullclamp's equip ability by paying
, attaching it to a creature whose toughness is equal to one. - The creature dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- Skullclamp triggers, causing you to draw two cards.
- The Locust God triggers twice, creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens with flying and haste.
- Activate an Insect by tapping it, adding .
- Repeat.
03
Result
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB
Variations
Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines
Earthcraft substitutes for Cryptolith Rite if a basic land is in play — it untaps rather than taps for mana, but the math works the same. The loop produces tokens with haste and floods the board, but the kill still needs a payoff: Purphoros, God of the Forge drains the table as each Insect enters, and Impact Tremors serves the same role at lower mana investment.
Commanders
Commanders running this combo
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
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Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID cryptolith-rite-skullclamp-the-locust-god
Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.