Does this Dragon‘s Approach combo work?
Asked by Quickspell 7 months ago
While playtesting I discovered this combo, allowing me to exile my whole deck and play all Dragon's Approach cards in it. Does it work?
Cards on the battlefield:
- Locket of Yesterdays
- Birgi, God of Storytelling
Flip or Runaway Steam-Kin
- Virtue of Courage
Cards in graveyard:
- Dragon's Approach
- Dragon's Approach
Cards in hand:
- Dragon's Approach
I cast Dragon's Approach for because of the Locket of Yesterdays‘ cost reduction. This causes Birgi, God of Storytelling Flip to produce and Virtue of Courage to exile nine cards. From among those I can play any Dragon’s Approach practically for free as Birgi reimburses any spent. At the end I have my whole library exiled with Virtue, but I only die if I would have to draw a card. So, at the beginning of my next upkeep or instantly to a Ancestral Recall.
But as long as I don’t draw a card, I can cast all Dragon‘s Approaches in my deck.
With Runaway Steam-Kin this should work too, as long as I can repeatedly cast three Dragon‘s Approaches.
Am I missing something?
Quickspell says... #2
Hello Gidgetimer, thank you for replying! Oh right, I should’ve specified multiplayer! That’s great, because it is a doable combo that works without the Commander!
September 7, 2023 12:55 a.m.
Quickspell says... #3
Hi Gidgetimer, I have a follow-up question if you don’t mind.
In a four-player game, when I cast Dragon's Approach, Virtue of Courage puts three triggers on the stack, right? Because it says “an opponent”, so it triggers for each opponent separately if I’m not mistaken. Since it is a may-ability, for each trigger I get to choose whether I want to exile the top three cards of my library. Do I have to choose that when those triggers go on the stack, or can I choose while they resolve? I’m asking because usually I won’t be able to make use of nine cards exiled. So I’m hoping that I can exile three cards for the first trigger and then decide for each following trigger if I want to continue exiling or not. Thanks
Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1
I don't understand how you came up with 9 cards exiled with Virtue of Courage. Other than that, yes. You have effectively reduced the mana to cast Dragon's Approach to 0 with the cost reduction and mana generation off of casting. You will repeatedly be able to exile 3 cards and cast any Dragon's Approach that you find.
(As I was typing I realized that you are probably assuming a 4 player game and just didn't specify it. You will exile 3 cards PER OPPONENT and be able to cast any spells.)
September 6, 2023 7:57 p.m.