Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie + Combat Celebrant + Gimli's Reckless Might

Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie

Combat Celebrant

Gimli's Reckless Might

How it works

1. Declare Grub and Combat Celebrant as attackers, choosing to exert Combat Celebrant as it attacks. Grub and Combat Celebrant trigger.
2. Resolve the Grub trigger, putting a -1/-1 counter on Combat Celebrant and then creating a tapped and attacking token copy of it.
3. Combat Celebrant dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
4. Resolve the Combat Celebrant trigger, causing you to untap all other creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
5. Repeat each combat phase, using the Combat Celebrant token instead.

This infinite combat engine relies on the interplay between Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie and Combat Celebrant, supercharged by Gimli's Reckless Might. When Combat Celebrant is exerted alongside Grub, the attack triggers a blight effect that uses Grub's ability to create a temporary, attacking token copy of Combat Celebrant by placing a -1/-1 counter on the original—promptly sending the original to the graveyard as a state-based action. Gimli's Reckless Might ensures that your newly created token copies can attack immediately with haste, while its formidable ability can safely resolve in the background. Because Combat Celebrant's exertion untaps your other creatures and grants an additional combat phase, you can repeat this lethal cycle indefinitely across endless combat steps.