Soul of Eternity + Swords to Plowshares + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

3-card combo · WB

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card line kills a player outright by turning a single Swords to Plowshares into a lethal life-drain.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$3.42

Color identity

Popularity

462 decks

Format

Commander

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Soul of Eternity's power scales with the controller's life total, so Swords to Plowshares exiling it dumps that entire life total as a gain trigger — Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose then mirrors every point of that gain as loss on a target opponent. Orzhov lifegain shells running Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim can reach the prerequisite life threshold easily, making this a plausible one-shot without additional setup.

How it works

Prerequisites

Your life total is higher than or equal to an opponent's.

Steps

Cast Swords to Plowshares by paying , exiling Soul of Eternity and gaining life equal to its power.
Vito triggers, causing target opponent whose lifetotal is less than or equal to Soul of Eternity's power to lose life equal to the life you gained.
The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

Result

Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent; Target opponent loses the game

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Sanguine Bond replaces Vito if enchantments are more resilient in a given meta — the trigger is identical. No cheaper substitute exists for Soul of Eternity here; the whole combo hinges on its power equaling the life total, so the kill only works on one opponent at a time, and players sitting above that life total survive the chain entirely.

Soul of Eternity + Swords to Plowshares + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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