Glissa, the Traitor + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Acorn Catapult + Teysa Karlov + Sol Ring

5-card combo · WBG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite colorless mana and infinite death triggers, though it requires an opponent to have a creature with exactly 1 toughness on the board.

Cards required: 5
Cheapest stack total: $31.07
Color identity: WBG
Popularity: 0 decks
Format: Commander

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Acorn Catapult pings a 1-toughness creature to death, which triggers Glissa, the Traitor twice courtesy of Teysa Karlov — returning both Acorn Catapult and Sol Ring to hand. Krark-Clan Ironworks sacrifices both artifacts in response to the Catapult activation for four colorless, and recasting Acorn Catapult and Sol Ring for a combined 5 mana nets positive each cycle. The combo lives in Glissa artifact-recursion shells that already run Krark-Clan Ironworks as a sacrifice outlet.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

An opponent controls a creature with toughness equal to one.

Steps

Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding .
Activate Acorn Catapult by paying and tapping it, targeting a creature an opponent controls with toughness equal to one.
Holding priority, activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing Sol Ring and Acorn Catapult, adding .
Resolve the Acorn Catapult ability, dealing 1 damage to the creature, causing it to die due to having zero toughness, and causing its controller to create a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
When the opponent's creature dies, Glissa triggers twice, returning Acorn Catapult and Sol Ring from your graveyard to your hand.
Cast Acorn Catapult and Sol Ring by paying .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers for target opponent; Infinite ETB for target opponent; Infinite LTB for target opponent; Infinite sacrifice triggers for target opponent; Infinite storm count

Variations

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The opponent-controlled 1-toughness creature is the real fragility here — this isn't a standalone win condition unless the board state cooperates or the deck runs token-producers an opponent might trigger. Reassembling Skeleton or any 1-toughness creature under an opponent's control via Akuta, Born of Ash or Hunted Horror can set up the prerequisite deliberately. Walking Ballista or Goblin Bombardment closes the loop once mana goes infinite; without a dedicated sink, infinite storm count is the only guaranteed kill line.