Skullclamp + Pitiless Plunderer + Stridehangar Automaton + Heartless Summoning

4-card combo · B

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop draws the library in mono-black by converting a 1-toughness creature into infinite Treasure-funded Skullclamp activations.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$13.37

Color identity

Popularity

14 decks

Format

Commander

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Heartless Summoning reduces toughness by 1, so any creature it enters with toughness 1 dies immediately; Pitiless Plunderer catches each death and creates a Treasure plus a 1/1 Thopter, which also has its toughness reduced to 0 by Heartless Summoning and dies the same turn, feeding the loop. Stridehangar Automaton provides the on-demand 1/1 bodies to keep the chain moving. This belongs in black aristocrats shells — Teysa Karlov, Ayara First of Locthwain, or any commander that wants repeated death triggers as the engine.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control a creature with toughness equal to 1.

Steps

Activate Skullclamp by paying , attaching it to a creature with toughness equal to 1.
The creature dies as a state-based action due to having 0 or less toughness, triggering Skullclamp and Pitiless Plunderer.
Resolve the Skullclamp trigger, causing you to draw two cards.
Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
Repeat.

Result

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

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Any creature that produces a 1/1 token on death or ETB under Heartless Summoning can substitute for Stridehangar Automaton — Myr Sire and Reassembling Skeleton are worth testing depending on what's in the bin. The loop draws the library but needs a closer; Aetherflux Reservoir, Syr Konrad the Grim, or Exsanguinate off the Treasure mana converts infinite draw into a kill.

Skullclamp + Pitiless Plunderer + Stridehangar Automaton + Heartless Summoning

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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