Malignus + Terror of the Peaks + Gratuitous Violence

Malignus

Terror of the Peaks

Gratuitous Violence

How it works

1. Cast Malignus by paying 3.
2. When Malignus enters the battlefield, Terror of the Peaks triggers, dealing an amount of damage equal to twice Malignus' power to an opponent.
3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

This explosive combo turns a single creature's massive health-scaling potential into an instant-kill beacon by leveraging Terror of the Peaks's triggered ability whenever Malignus enters the battlefield. Because Malignus dynamically calculates its power as half of the highest life total among your opponents (rounded up), its entry automatically triggers Terror of the Peaks to deal damage equal to that massive power straight to an opponent's face. To push this lethal payload over the top, Gratuitous Violence steps in as a powerful damage-doubling amplifier, ensuring the doubled blow easily overwhelms even the highest starting life totals in formats like Commander.