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Thornbite Staff + Arcane Teachings + Gorgon Flail

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Thornbite Staff
Thornbite Staff
Arcane Teachings
Arcane Teachings
Gorgon Flail
Gorgon Flail
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock

How it works

  1. Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
  2. The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
  3. Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
  4. Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.

This lethal machinery turns any creature into a one-man exterminator squad by layering a suite of equipment and auras together. First, Arcane Teachings grants the enchanted creature its own tap-to-damage ability, while Gorgon Flail upgrades that damage with deathtouch so any target it hits is instantly destroyed. Meanwhile, Thornbite Staff ties the whole loop together by granting a matching damage-dealing ability and, crucially, a passive trigger that untaps the equipped creature every single time *any* creature dies. Since the deathtouch-fueled damage kills whatever it touches, that death immediately untaps the creature to fire again, letting you wipe out every creature your opponents control and locking down the board indefinitely.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyModernOathbreakerPredhVintage
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