Animate Dead + Blasting Station?

Asked by DemMeowsephs 3 years ago

How exactly does the Animate Dead + Blasting Station Combo work?

Rhadamanthus says... #1

You can use double square brackets around a card's name to create a pop-up link. It's the easiest way to make sure everyone understands what's going on in your question: Animate Dead, Blasting Station

This combo doesn't just work with anything. It needs help from another effect, usually from the specific creature you're returning to the battlefield with Animate Dead. Here's an example with Leonin Relic-Warder:

1. Leonin Relic-Warder is in the graveyard and Blasting Station is on the battlefield
2. You play Animate Dead targeting Leonin Relic-Warder
3. Warder enters the battlefield and triggers both its own ability and Blasting Station. Let the Station's trigger resolve first and target Animate Dead with the Warder's ability
4. Animate Dead leaves the battlefield. In response Animate Dead's trigger that would cause you to sacrifice the Warder, sacrifice the Warder to Blasting Station instead
5. When the Warder leaves the battlefield, Animate Dead returns to the battlefield. As it enters the battlefield, choose Leonin Relic Warder again
6. Go back to step 3 and keep the loop going until you win

August 4, 2020 9:22 a.m.

Tylord2894 says... Accepted answer #2

For future reference, you can link a card's image by surrounding the card's name in double brackets, "[". This works sitewide.

To your question though, by themselves Animate Dead and Blasting Station don't combo and form a loop. You need a way to bring back the Animate Dead. I'll explain the combo using Archon of Falling Stars.

The easiest way to set up the combo is by reanimating the Archon while having the Station out. Start by sacrificing the Archon to the Station. The Archon will die as put of the cost of activating the Station's ability. When state-based actions are checked directly after you finish activating the Station, Animate Dead will be put into the graveyard as it isn't enchanting anything. The Archon trigger is then put on the stack and you need to target Animate Dead. Animate Dead is then put onto the battlefield and reanimates the Archon. When the Archon ETBs, the Station will trigger and untap. You are now in the position that you started in but with a Station activation on the stack. You can repeat that as many times as you wish.

Hope this helps!!

August 4, 2020 9:24 a.m.

DemMeowsephs says... #3

Thank both of you! That helps me a LOT!

August 4, 2020 9:44 a.m.