Kenrith, the Returned King + Smothering Tithe + Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

4-card combo · WUBRG

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop decks out any opponent who can't pay Smothering Tithe's trigger by drawing them to death on a self-funding mana engine.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.00

Color identity

WUBRG

Popularity

116 decks

Format

Commander

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Kenrith, the Returned King's 3U activated ability forces an opponent to draw; Smothering Tithe fires, and with both Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Adrix and Nev, Twincasters doubling the token creation, each trigger produces four Treasures instead of one. Those four Treasures pay the 3U activation exactly, making the loop free and infinite until the target's library is gone. This lives in 5-color good-stuff and Kenrith combo shells that already want Smothering Tithe as a value engine.

How it works

Prerequisites

An opponent cannot pay for Smothering Tithe's trigger. Eventually the opponent will lose the game due to drawing from an empty library. You can repeat this loop with other opponents that also cannot pay for Smothering Tithe's trigger.

Steps

Activate Kenrith's fourth ability by paying , causing an opponent who cannot pay for Smothering Tithe's trigger to draw a card.
Smothering Tithe triggers, causing you to create four Treasure tokens due to Adrix and Nev and Mondrak.
Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents; Infinite card draw for any number of opponents

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The doubling redundancy is load-bearing — lose either Mondrak, Glory Dominus or Adrix and Nev, Twincasters and the loop no longer pays for itself, so protect both or replace one with Doubling Season or Parallel Lives. Kenrith can also activate for other opponents once the first is eliminated, making it a sequential kill rather than a simultaneous one; seat order matters, so aim at the player with the thinnest library first.

Kenrith, the Returned King + Smothering Tithe + Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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