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Exchange of Words + Scute Swarm Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Scute Swarm on the battlefield.
    • Exchange of Words in hand.
    • You have a way to cause a land to become a creature. You have a land card in hand. You control at least five lands.
    • {1}{u}{u} available
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Cause a land you control to become a creature.
    • 2
      Cast Exchange of Words by paying {1}{u}{u}, exchanging the text boxes of the land creature and Scute Swarm.
    • 3
      Play a land.
    • 4
      The land enters the battlefield, triggering the land creature's Scute Swarm ability, creating a copy of itself with its original text.
    • 5
      Step 4 repeats in a mandatory loop unless interrupted, drawing the game.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Draw the game
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite landfall triggers

Combo Metadata

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Combo Rank

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
38%
Significant Results
81%
Early Game
100%
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