Game Breaker?
Asked by Shadow29870 7 years ago
If I had Sporemound and Life and Limb, then played a Sprout, would the infinite saproling combo make it to where the game could not continue? And if not, then why?
The combo could be stopped by your opponent casting a kill spell or you using a sacrifice effect once you have enough tokens, but otherwise the game is a draw. It is worth noting that MTGO has a token limit of 200 and will end the combo once that limit is hit, eliminating the draw, despite the game rules operating differently.
merrowMania says... Accepted answer #1
The game would end in a draw should no player stop the combo.
These two cards are a perfect example of a draw. The game state creates a loop of triggers that will repeat to infinity (every time a Sporemound trigger resolves, it will create another Sporemound trigger). If no one can (or if no one chooses to) break this trigger loop, the game state is in an un-ending loop. Neither player can proceed, so no one can win. This creates a draw. Note that this only applies to combos where there is no choice in the loop.
March 30, 2017 4:53 p.m.