Devoted Druid Infinite Mana
Asked by Aorosco14 6 years ago
So, a well-known combo in the Modern format is Devoted Druid with Vizier of Remedies. You tap DD, and are now allowed to untap it for free thanks to Vizier. But while reading some threads on Modern Elves, I came across someone claiming that 2 Devoted Druid and an Ezuri, Renegade Leader also goes infinite without needing Vizier. Despite sitting down and spending a good amount of time on it, I can't figure out how this process works. My general hunch is that it has something to do with regenerating my DD. Can anybody explain this to me? Thanks.
Note that both Devoted Druids will die in your cleanup step if you ever end your turn, but considering you have unlimited mana and an outlet to make unlimited power/toughness you should be able to win before that.
October 15, 2017 4:25 a.m.
I was checking and this also works on commander. Only catch is instead of a second druid it has to be a leyline of Abundance. You'll also need an additional mana available but since you're likely playing elves it won't be too hard to pull off. You'll activate DD and untap it once giving it -1-1 for 4 green once you activate ezuri it'll go up from a -1/1 too a 2/4 in which case you can tap it safely for 6 green activating ezuri once more and be up 1 green mana
TheVectornaut says... Accepted answer #1
This combo is actually making use of Ezuri, Renegade Leaders second ability. Regeneration shields won't save a creature from having its toughness reduced to 0 by -1/-1 counters. The combo works because Ezuri will pump the 2 druids by a total of 6 toughness while only 5 toughness is needed to generate the mana to activate the pump again. It would look something like this:
1) Pay 5 to Overrun 2 Devoted Druid, leaving both with 5 toughness.
2) Tap each Devoted Druid for a mana, place a -1/-1 counter to untap, and repeat until you have 6 mana and the druids are at 3 toughness.
3) Spend 5 of that mana to pump again, floating 1 green, and bringing the druids to 6 toughness.
4) Use the druids for more mana again and repeat the process, netting extra mana and growing the druids each time.
October 15, 2017 2:53 a.m.