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Time Sieve + Ria Ivor, Bane of Bladehold Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Time Sieve and Ria Ivor on the battlefield.
    • You control a creature that can deal 5 combat damage to players each turn.
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      At the beginning of combat on your turn, Ria Ivor triggers, targeting a creature you control.
    • 2
      Declare that creature as an attacker.
    • 3
      Instead of that creature dealing damage to an opponent, instead prevent that damage and create at least five 1/1 Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens.
    • 4
      Activate Time Sieve by tapping it and sacrificing five Phyrexian Mite tokens.
    • 5
      Repeat each turn.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite turns
    • Lock

Combo Metadata

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Commander Bracket Information

In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?

1-2

Exhibition and Core

(no 2-card combos)

The community has determined this is a true 2-card combo.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

The community has determined this is a true, early game, 2-card combo.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

Combo Voting

Does the community think this a true 2-card combo (both trivial prerequisites and significant results)? Do they think it can be executed before turn 6 or so?

Trivial Prerequisites
65%
Significant Results
100%
Early Game
94%
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