Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Workhorse + Skullclamp

3-card combo · B

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop draws your entire library while generating near-infinite colorless mana and death triggers in any black shell running Mikaeus.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$7.88

Color identity

Popularity

123 decks

Format

Commander

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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed grants Workhorse undying, so after draining all four of its counters for colorless mana and equipping Skullclamp to kill it at zero toughness, Workhorse returns with five counters — one from undying plus its base four — and Skullclamp draws two cards. The net result each loop is one extra counter's worth of mana and two cards drawn, enough to empty the library. Any black reanimator or aristocrats build running Mikaeus already wants this package.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Activate Workhorse by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
Repeat step 1 until Workhorse does not have any +1/+1 counters on it.
Activate Skullclamp's equip ability by paying , attaching it to Workhorse.
Workhorse dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness, triggering its undying ability and Skullclamp.
Resolve the Workhorse trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.
Resolve the Skullclamp trigger, causing you to draw two cards.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite colorless mana; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Triskelion replaces Workhorse as the companion Mikaeus piece in most lists and wins on the spot without needing Skullclamp, but Workhorse produces mana while looping, which Triskelion does not. Skullclamp can swap for any aristocrats payoff — Viscera Seer, Zulaport Cutthroat, or Blood Artist — if drawing the library is less useful than winning through life loss; the death trigger is the asset, the specific outlet is flexible.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Workhorse + Skullclamp

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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