Vizkopa Guildmage + Swords to Plowshares + Serra Avatar

3-card combo · WB

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card line converts a single Swords to Plowshares into a table wipe when Serra Avatar's power matches or exceeds each opponent's life total.

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Cheapest stack total

$6.42

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Popularity

1,220 decks

Format

Commander

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Vizkopa Guildmage's second ability costs 1WB and lasts until end of turn; once active, every point of life gained becomes a symmetrical drain trigger. Swords to Plowshares exiles Serra Avatar — whose power equals your life total — and the resulting life gain fires Vizkopa Guildmage, dealing that same number to each opponent simultaneously. The prerequisite that you hold the highest life total is the real constraint, since Serra Avatar's power tracks your life, not theirs.

How it works

Prerequisites

You have the highest lifetotal or are tied for the highest life total.

Steps

Activate Vizkopa Guildmage's second ability by paying , causing each opponent to lose life when you gain life this turn.
Cast Swords to Plowshares by paying , exiling Serra Avatar and gaining life equal to its power.
Vizkopa Guildmage triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life you gained.
Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

Result

Each opponent loses the game; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Aetherflux Reservoir or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose can replace Vizkopa Guildmage as the damage conduit if the Guildmage is removed before the activation resolves. Serra Avatar is non-negotiable here — the power-equals-life-total clause is what makes the numbers lethal — but any instant-speed exile spell that triggers lifegain substitutes for Swords to Plowshares if it grants life proportional to a large creature.

Vizkopa Guildmage + Swords to Plowshares + Serra Avatar

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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