Priest of Fell Rites + Body Double + Righteous Valkyrie + Maskwood Nexus + Lightning Greaves

5-card combo · WUB

Verdict

Yes — this 5-piece loop generates infinite ETB triggers, infinite death triggers, and infinite lifegain in any Esper life-matters shell that can hold all the pieces.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$5.99

Color identity

WUB

Popularity

0 decks

Format

Commander

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Priest of Fell Rites and Body Double trade places from the graveyard on each iteration; Lightning Greaves passes between them at zero cost to keep shroud active and the tap ability usable immediately. Righteous Valkyrie catches every entering creature and pads life totals upward with each loop, while Maskwood Nexus makes every piece an Angel and Cleric simultaneously so Righteous Valkyrie's trigger fires without needing natural creature types to match.

How it works

Prerequisites

Your life total is at least fifty.

Steps

Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Priest of Fell Rites.
Activate Priest of Fell Rites by paying three life, tapping and sacrificing it, returning Body Double from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Priest of Fell Rites.
When Body Double enters the battlefield, Righteous Valkyrie's first ability triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Body Double's toughness.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Body Double.
Activate Body Double by paying three life, tapping and sacrificing it, returning Priest of Fell Rites from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Priest of Fell Rites enters the battlefield, Righteous Valkyrie's first ability triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Priest of Fell Rites' toughness.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The setup cost — five permanents including a specific 50-life threshold — is steep; Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose convert the infinite lifegain into a kill cleanly. If Maskwood Nexus is unavailable, both Priest of Fell Rites and Body Double need to naturally qualify as Angels or Clerics for Righteous Valkyrie to trigger, which they do not without it, so the Nexus is non-negotiable here.

Priest of Fell Rites + Body Double + Righteous Valkyrie + Maskwood Nexus + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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