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Kodama of the East Tree + Chthonian Nightmare Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Kodama of the East Tree and Chthonian Nightmare on the battlefield.
    • You have a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 2, 3 or 4. You control a nontoken creature with mana value 2, 3 or 4. The combined mana value of the nontoken creature and creature card in your graveyard is no more than 6. You have an amount of {e} available equal to or greater than the mana value of the creature card in your graveyard.
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {e}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 2 or 3, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, putting another creature with mana value 2 or 3 from your graveyard onto the battlefield.
    • 2
      When the creature enters, Kodama triggers, putting Chthonian Nightmare from your hand onto the battlefield.
    • 3
      When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {e}{e}{e}.
    • 4
      Repeat.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite energy counters

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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 isn't a true 2-card combo.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

The community has determined this isn't a true 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
14%
Significant Results
57%
Early Game
50%
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