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Jenova, Ancient Calamity

The Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid loop produces Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB on its own — it needs a separate finisher to actually win. · Commander / EDH deck · shared by Cloud9

ARCANE Power 83 Forge 54 Bracket 4 ~$1916 100 cards BG
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Game Plan

Mana acceleration: Sol Ring and Lotus Petal deploy early; Devoted Druid and Gyre Sage, plus 2 more ramp pieces scale into ritual-level mana once they carry +1/+1 counters. Tutors find the combo: Demonic Tutor, Green Sun's Zenith, and Buried Alive locate Sheoldred, Orcish Bowmasters, Mikaeus, or Devoted Druid on demand. The kill: Peer into the Abyss forces a target opponent to draw half their library and lose half their life; if Sheoldred or Orcish Bowmasters is in play, that draw triggers their drain or damage loop, ending the game. The Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid loop produces Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB on its own — it needs a separate finisher to actually win. Protection: Berserk, Assassin's Trophy, and Heroic Intervention defend the combo turn or clear blockers. Jenova's role: Each turn, Jenova distributes its power as +1/+1 counters to another creature, scaling your mana dorks and payoffs; when a Mutant dies during your turn, you draw cards equal to its power, refueling your hand after a sacrifice-heavy combo turn.

How It Wins

Mana acceleration: Sol Ring and Lotus Petal deploy early; Devoted Druid and Gyre Sage, plus 2 more ramp pieces scale into ritual-level mana once they carry +1/+1 counters. Tutors find the combo: Demonic Tutor, Green Sun's Zenith, and Buried Alive locate Sheoldred, Orcish Bowmasters, Mikaeus, or Devoted Druid on demand. The kill: Peer into the Abyss forces a target opponent to draw half their library and lose half their life; if Sheoldred or Orcish Bowmasters is in play, that draw triggers their drain or damage loop, ending the game. The Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid loop produces Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB on its own — it needs a separate finisher to actually win. Protection: Berserk, Assassin's Trophy, and Heroic Intervention defend the combo turn or clear blockers. Jenova's role: Each turn, Jenova distributes its power as +1/+1 counters to another creature, scaling your mana dorks and payoffs; when a Mutant dies during your turn, you draw cards equal to its power, refueling your hand after a sacrifice-heavy combo turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

Commander (1)

  • Jenova, Ancient Calamity

Creature (32)

  • Birds of Paradise
  • Blood Artist
  • Cankerbloom
  • Carrion Feeder
  • Corpsejack Menace
  • Deathrite Shaman
  • Devoted Druid
  • Emperor of Bones
  • Enduring Vitality
  • Eternal Witness
  • Evolution Witness
  • Fiend Artisan
  • Forgotten Ancient
  • Goldvein Hydra
  • Gyre Sage
  • Incubation Druid
  • Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • Llanowar Elves
  • Lord of Extinction
  • Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • Necrotic Ooze
  • Orcish Bowmasters
  • Protean Hulk
  • Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
  • Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • Winding Constrictor
  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • Zulaport Cutthroat

Instant (15)

  • Abrupt Decay
  • Assassin's Trophy
  • Berserk
  • Cabal Ritual
  • Culling the Weak
  • Dark Ritual
  • Deadly Rollick
  • Force of Vigor
  • Heroic Intervention
  • Inspiring Call
  • Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • Sacrifice
  • Vampiric Tutor
  • Veil of Summer

Sorcery (9)

  • Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • Buried Alive
  • Demonic Tutor
  • Green Sun's Zenith
  • Jarad's Orders
  • Natural Order
  • Peer into the Abyss
  • Rite of Consumption
  • Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (5)

  • Branching Evolution
  • Cryptolith Rite
  • Dictate of Erebos
  • Hardened Scales
  • Innkeeper's Talent

Artifact (8)

  • Altar of Dementia
  • Arcane Signet
  • Birthing Pod
  • Lightning Greaves
  • Lotus Petal
  • Sol Ring
  • The Earth Crystal
  • The Ozolith

Land (30)

  • Bayou
  • Boseiju, Who Endures
  • Cabal Coffers
  • Command Tower
  • Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • Deathcap Glade
  • 6× Forest
  • Llanowar Wastes
  • Necroblossom Snarl
  • Overgrown Tomb
  • Phyrexian Tower
  • Shifting Woodland
  • 5× Swamp
  • Tainted Wood
  • Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • Turbulent Fen
  • Twilight Mire
  • Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • Verdant Catacombs
  • Wastewood Verge
  • Woodland Cemetery

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