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Emeria Shepherd + Evolution Sage + Fall of the Thran Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • All permanents on the battlefield.
    • Fall of the Thran has exactly one lore counter on it. You have at least four land cards in your graveyard, one of which must be a Plains. You have a land card in hand. You have a land drop available.
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Play any land from your hand.
    • 2
      The land enters the battlefield, triggering Emeria Shepherd and Evolution Sage.
    • 3
      Resolve the Emeria Shepherd trigger, choosing not to return a permanent.
    • 4
      Resolve the Evolution Sage trigger, putting a lore counter on Fall of the Thran.
    • 5
      Fall of the Thran triggers, causing each player to return two land cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.
    • 6
      The two lands enter the battlefield, triggering Emeria Shepherd twice and Evolution Sage twice.
    • 7
      Resolve both Emeria Shepherd triggers, choosing not to return a permanent.
    • 8
      Resolve the first Evolution Sage trigger, choosing not to proliferate.
    • 9
      Resolve the second Evolution Sage trigger, putting a lore counter on Fall of the Thran.
    • 10
      Fall of the Thran triggers, causing each player to return two land cards from their graveyard to the battlefield, in which one of your returned lands must be a Plains, and sacrificing Fall of the Thran.
    • 11
      The two lands enter the battlefield, triggering Emeria Shepherd twice and Evolution Sage twice.
    • 12
      Holding priority, activate all available lands you control by tapping them, adding at least {w}.
    • 13
      Resolve the first Emeria Shepherd trigger, choosing not to return a permanent.
    • 14
      Resolve the first Evolution Sage trigger, choosing not to proliferate.
    • 15
      Resolve the second Emeria Shepherd trigger, returning Fall of the Thran from your graveyard to the battlefield.
    • 16
      Fall of the Thran enters the battlefield with a lore counter, destroying all lands.
    • 17
      Resolve the second Evolution Sage trigger, putting a lore counter on Fall of the Thran.
    • 18
      Repeat from step 5.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite landfall triggers
    • Infinite mana lands you control can produce
    • Infinite proliferate
    • Return all nonland permanents from your graveyard to the battlefield

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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)

Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

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