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Nivix Guildmage + Unexpected Windfall + Zirda, the Dawnwaker

W manaU manaR mana
Nivix Guildmage
Nivix Guildmage
Unexpected Windfall
Unexpected Windfall
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggers

How it works

  1. Cast Unexpected Windfall by paying 2R manaR mana and discarding a card.
  2. Holding priority, activate Nivix Guildmage's second ability by paying U manaR mana, copying Unexpected Windfall.
  3. Resolve the copy of Unexpected Windfall, creating two Treasure artifact tokens and causing you to draw two cards.
  4. Activate both Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding U manaR mana.
  5. Repeat from step 2.

This clever loop revolves around the cost-reduction power of Zirda, the Dawnwaker, which drops Nivix Guildmage’s spell-copying ability down to a much more manageable single blue-red mana. When you cast Unexpected Windfall, you set the stage by drawing cards and spinning off Treasure tokens to help fund the operation. You then point Nivix Guildmage's discounted copy ability at that very spell to manufacture an endless chain of copies, drawing your whole deck and generating massive value.

Legal in:CommanderModernOathbreakerPioneerVintage
2 decks$3.85