Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth + Life and Limb + Viridian Longbow + Thornbite Staff

4-card combo · G

Verdict

Yes — this 4-piece lock destroys every land opponents control and prevents any new one from surviving an entry trigger.

Cards required: 4
Cheapest stack total: $67.01
Color identity: G
Popularity: 11 decks
Format: Commander

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Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth makes all lands Forests, and Life and Limb turns all Forests into 1/1 Saproling creatures — so every land on the board becomes a fragile body. The equipped creature taps via Viridian Longbow to deal 1 damage to any land-creature, killing it at zero toughness, and Thornbite Staff untaps the shooter on each death, chaining through the entire board and locking opponents out of any future land drops.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

Viridian Longbow and Thornbite Staff attached to the same creature you control without summoning sickness.

Steps

Whenever a land enters the battlefield, it enters as a 1/1 creature due to Yavimaya and Life and Limb.
Activate the creature with Viridian Longbow and Thornbite Staff attached by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to the land.
The land dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
The creature triggers, untapping itself.
Repeat as desired for each land an opponent controls, and whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.

Result

Destroy all lands opponents control; Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control; Lock; Mass Land Denial

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Green land-destruction shells running Kamahl, Fist of Krosa or Jolrael, Empress of Beasts can animate opponents' lands as an alternative route without needing Life and Limb, though those lines lack the continuous lock. Fauna Shaman or Survival of the Fittest tutors the creature half; Steelshaper's Gift or Stoneforge Mystic finds the equipment. The combo wins the game on resolution but needs all four pieces active simultaneously — a single enchantment removal spell on Yavimaya or Life and Limb collapses it entirely.