Saw in Half
Burnt Offering
Scholar of the Ages
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Scholar of the Ages on the battlefield. | |
| Burnt Offering in your graveyard. | |
| Saw in Half in hand. | |
 available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. |
2 | When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand along with up to two other instants and/or sorceries. |
3 | Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding plus an additional amount of and/or equal to its mana value minus 2. |
4 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite storm count | |
| Infinite red mana | |
| Infinite magecraft triggers | |
| Infinite black mana | |
| Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand |
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1178
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Exhibition and Core
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Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
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Optimized and CEDH
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