Garth One-Eye + Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves

3-card combo · WUBRG

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop lets Garth One-Eye recast himself infinitely by bouncing through exile with Monk Gyatso and refueling with Black Lotus each iteration.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$13.50

Color identity

WUBRG

Popularity

10 decks

Format

Commander

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Garth One-Eye creates a copy of Black Lotus for free on each cast; Lightning Greaves equips to Monk Gyatso for zero mana, triggering Gyatso to exile Garth, then re-equips to Garth when he re-enters after being cast from exile with the three mana Black Lotus produces. The loop fires every ETB and LTB Garth generates — Braingeyser, Disenchant, Terror, Regrowth, and Shivan Dragon copies all become available on each pass, producing infinite colored mana, infinite storm count, and every result Garth's suite can touch.

How it works

Prerequisites

You have not cast Black Lotus using Garth.

Steps

Activate Garth by tapping it, causing you to pay to cast a copy of Black Lotus.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Monk Gyatso.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , targeting Garth.
Monk Gyatso triggers, airbending Garth.
Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any color.
Cast Garth from exile by paying .
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , targeting Garth.
Monk Gyatso triggers. Choose not to airbend Garth.
Resolve the Lightning Greaves equip ability, attaching it to Garth.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite casts of all spells permitted by Garth One-Eye; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Lightning Greaves is the only zero-equip shroud piece that enables the Gyatso trigger without paying mana; Swiftfoot Boots costs one to equip and breaks the loop. The combo requires WUBRG color identity to run all three pieces, so it lives in 5-color shells — Garth One-Eye himself as commander is the obvious home, keeping the combo fully on-theme and naturally available in the command zone.

Garth One-Eye + Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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