One with the Kami + Skullclamp + Pitiless Plunderer

3-card combo · BG

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite cards and near-infinite Spirit tokens as long as a 1-toughness creature is on the battlefield to feed Skullclamp.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$23.32

Color identity

Popularity

171 decks

Format

Commander

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One with the Kami attaches to any creature and spits out 1/1 Spirit tokens equal to the host's power when another creature dies; Skullclamp kills any 1-toughness creature by reducing it to zero and immediately draws two cards off it; Pitiless Plunderer converts every death into a Treasure that pays the 1 equip cost. The loop runs in black-green aristocrats shells — Chatterfang, Squirrel General and Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons both flood the board with the cheap tokens that keep the engine fed.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control a creature with toughness equal to one, except the creature with One with the Kami attached.

Steps

Activate Skullclamp's equip ability by paying , attaching it to a creature with toughness equal to one, except the creature with One with the Kami attached.
The creature dies as a state based action due to having zero or less toughness, triggering One with the Kami, Skullclamp, and Pitiless Plunderer.
Resolve the One with the Kami trigger, creating a number of 1/1 Spirit creature tokens equal to the creature's power.
Resolve the Skullclamp trigger, causing you to draw two cards.
Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Any commander that generates 1/1 tokens — Mycoloth, Tendershoot Dryad, Jarad's Orders finding a token producer — can stock the sacrifice chain without extra setup. Drop Pitiless Plunderer if the shell already runs Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar as a mana source, since those convert the Spirit tokens themselves into the equip cost and skip the Treasure step entirely. Goblin Bombardment or Zulaport Cutthroat converts the near-infinite death triggers into the actual kill.

One with the Kami + Skullclamp + Pitiless Plunderer

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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