Valley Floodcaller + Retraction Helix + Sol Ring
3-card combo · U
Verdict
Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite colorless mana and stacks unlimited +1/+1 triggers on every Bird, Rat, Otter, and Frog in play.
- Cards required
- 3
- Cheapest stack total
- $7.80
- Color identity
- U
- Popularity
- 25,004 decks
- Format
- Commander
Retraction Helix grants a qualifying creature the ability to tap and bounce an artifact; each time Sol Ring re-enters the battlefield, Valley Floodcaller triggers, untapping the crew and adding two more +1/+1 counters to the whole board until end of turn. This is the centerpiece line for Bello, Bard of the Brambles or any Bloomburrow typal shell running blue, where the creature base is already dense with the right creature types.
Recipe
How it works
01
Prerequisites
You control a Bird, Rat, Otter and/or Frog that does not have summoning sickness.
02
Steps
- Cast Retraction Helix by paying
, targeting a Bird, Rat, Otter and/or Frog you control that does not have summoning sickness. - Valley Floodcaller triggers, giving Birds, Otters, Frogs and Rats you control +1/+1 until end of turn and untapping them.
- Resolve Retraction Helix.
- Cast Sol Ring by paying its mana cost.
- Valley Floodcaller triggers, giving Birds, Otters, Frogs and Rats you control +1/+1 until end of turn and untapping them.
- Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding
. - Activate the creature targeted by Retraction Helix by tapping it, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
- Repeat from step 4.
03
Result
Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of some creatures you control; Infinite power and toughness for certain creatures until end of turn; Infinite colorless mana
Variations
Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines
Any 0-cost or 1-mana artifact can replace Sol Ring as the bounce target — Mana Crypt slots in identically, Ornithopter or Mox Amber work if the mana math closes. Retraction Helix is the narrow piece here; Banishing Knack hits any creature and is worth running alongside it in case one is answered before the loop assembles.
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Valley Floodcaller + Banishing Knack + Sol Ring
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Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID retraction-helix-sol-ring-valley-floodcaller
Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.