Volrath, the Shapestealer + Great Whale + Myr Propagator + Lightning Greaves

4-card combo · BGU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite Great Whale tokens, infinite landfall-adjacent ETB triggers, and unbounded mana from the same seven lands.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$30.08

Color identity

BGU

Popularity

2 decks

Format

Commander

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Volrath, the Shapestealer copies Myr Propagator to use its tap ability, but mid-stack switches to Great Whale so the token that enters is a whale that untaps the lands used to fund the whole sequence. Lightning Greaves does the essential glue work: its 0-cost equip keeps moving to each new token so Volrath can activate immediately without summoning sickness. The combo lives in Sultai value-engine builds that already run Volrath as a shape-shifting threat and can protect a four-piece assembly.

How it works

Prerequisites

Myr Propagator and Great Whale have at least one counter on them. Lightning Greaves attached to Volrath. You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least .

Steps

Activate up to seven lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
Activate Volrath by paying , causing it to become a copy of Myr Propagator until end of turn.
Activate Volrath by paying and tapping it.
Holding priority, activate Volrath by paying , causing it to become a copy of Great Whale until end of turn.
Resolve the Volrath ability from step 3, creating a token copy of it that is a copy of Great Whale.
The Volrath token enters the battlefield, untapping the seven lands.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to the Volrath token.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The weak point is the prerequisite stack — Great Whale and Myr Propagator both need counters before the loop starts, so redundant counter-placers like Unspeakable Symbol or Volrath's own +1/+1-counter subtheme matter. Strionic Resonator can copy the Myr Propagator token trigger if the loop is disrupted mid-chain. There is no trimming this to fewer pieces; all four are load-bearing, so tutor density and redundancy are the build levers.

Volrath, the Shapestealer + Great Whale + Myr Propagator + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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