Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves + Sami, Wildcat Captain

3-card combo · RW

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers by exploiting Lightning Greaves losing its target mid-activation.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$21.01

Color identity

Popularity

24 decks

Format

Commander

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Lightning Greaves targets a nontoken creature; Monk Gyatso triggers off that targeting and exiles the creature before the equip resolves, causing the ability to fizzle with no legal target. Sami, Wildcat Captain then lets the exiled creature be cast for free, resetting the loop. Red-white creature-based storm shells running Monk Gyatso as commander get the most from this — every iteration fires whatever enters-the-battlefield payoff the deck is built around.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control another nontoken creature. You control at least two artifacts.

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 Sami.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The loop needs at least two artifacts on board to satisfy Monk Gyatso's condition, so lean on artifact lands or cheap rocks like Sol Ring and Arcane Signet as insurance. Altar of the Brood, Impact Tremors, or Purphoros, God of the Forge close the game off infinite ETBs — without one of those, the loop generates triggers that go nowhere.

Monk Gyatso + Lightning Greaves + Sami, Wildcat Captain

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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