Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves + Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse

3-card combo · WU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers and infinite storm count as long as opponents have drawn two cards this turn.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$21.01

Color identity

Popularity

25 decks

Format

Commander

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Heliod, the Warped Eclipse reduces creature costs by one for each card opponents have drawn, bottoming out at zero once that threshold hits two; Lightning Greaves's zero-equip activation triggers Monk Gyatso's airbending ability, exiling the equipped creature before the equip resolves, and Heliod lets it recast immediately for nothing. The loop requires one other nontoken creature and opponents cooperating on draw count — both conditions are easy to engineer in a blue-white deck built around Heliod's day-night mechanic.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control another nontoken creature. Opponents have drawn at least two cards this turn.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves's equip ability by paying , targeting another nontoken creature you control.
Monk Gyatso triggers, airbending the targeted creature.
The Lightning Greaves ability fizzles due to no longer having a legal target.
Cast the creature from exile by paying due to Heliod
Repeat.

Result

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Any creature with a relevant ETB closes the loop: Altar of the Brood mills on each cast, Impact Tremors deals a damage per creature entry, and Corpse Knight hits in the same vein if you've splashed black. The combo folds if Monk Gyatso leaves the battlefield mid-loop, so Lightning Greaves pulling double duty as shroud protection for Gyatso himself between activations is the line that makes this resilient rather than fragile.

Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves + Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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