You can only redirect damage equal to the damage that is dealt. For example: if something deals X damage to Nomads en-Kor you can only redirect X damage onto Daru Spiritualist. -You can't have Nomads en-Kor recieve 2 damage and "declare" that you re-direct 500 000 damage.
infinite life and getting a million life are very different effects happening. This is an infinite combo, you can get way more than 1 million life out of this... Better combo, Metal Worker (or priest of titania and 4 elves) with a staff of domination... infinite life, card draw, mana, tap/untap creatures... And finally... Lightning Greaves is a better equipment for this combo, helps out the clerics more than a shuko.
My mind has been blown so hard, I can't even comprehend it. So you can target Daru as "many times" as you want? I have a life deck, but this us ridiculous! Please pm me and explain it to me
YOu are a fucking idiot. That doesn't work. You actually have to have damage being dealt to enkor to use the ability you fucking nub, you cant just prevent shit like nothing. ur dumb.
@Kouterry Lol you just made yourself look like an idiot...its on the magic website...to begin with how would you prevent damage after damage is dealt...you must prevent the damage before it is dealt so it owuldn't be dealt to begin with...l2p nub
doesn't it say redirect the next 1 damage to a target? doesn't that mean you can only redirect damage that is actually hitting you? if so then this won't work. because even if you redirect the next 500,000 damage and they only swung for 2 then you would only redirect two giving the creature a +4. not 1 mill. it's kind of like saying "I am going to get a pool and fill it with as much water as it can hold, but all I have is a cup of water to add, so there is no pool, just a cup of water in a pool"
@ss4linkftw i guess that makes sense then, but I would assume that anyone playing with the person who gains that much life would quit or the player who uses this would be disqualified in any tournament.
@Danielnewbold you need to read and learn the effects...it specifically says this if you look it up due to the fact that people would think of it this way...what magic: the gathering allows you to do is create a sheild...due to the fact that it costs no mana you can infinitely target the daru spiritualist creating a damage prevention sheild on him, therefor you don't need any damage being dealt to him to use the abilty.
good idea but they need to send a shit load of dmg ur way first i have a good idea with the kor and celestial mantel double strike some enchantment life u gain toss on a creature pherixan creature make so on so o n DAMN big creatures and shit load of life
Soul drinkers and fling. You can create a creature whose power and toughness are a googleplexian (a number bigger than all the atoms in the known universe) and then throw it at your opponent to do a googleplexian of damage. It's a pretty sick win.
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ It used to work in the old extended decks (way back before they put sets in rotation and still allowed duals). The deck was called life. Not a typical top 8 deck, but it still worked. And to answer the guy above you, no, it's not legacy competitive.
@JasonHouston77, I don't see this working, ever. First, this guy isn't using decks that are that old. He's using a card from 9th, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Fifth Dawn, Mirrodin, Onslaught, Judgment, and Scourge. Second, to redirect damage a spell or permanent has to deal the damage. One cannot just redirect damage if there is none. As far as I know, those rules have never changes.
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ You could do this back in 1999. I know because I played then. Nomads En-Kor, Task Force, Worthy Cause, etc. were all out then. Just because he threw some newer cards in there doesn't mean it wasn't around then. And when you want to know a card ruling, read the ORACLE text. 0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead. You target Task force a million times, sacrifice it to worthy cause, gain 3,000,003 life.
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ You certainly can. The current errata reads "redirect the next (x) damage" or something like that. Damage does not have to be declared, in this case. Legally, it works. You can redirect the next 'however much' damage.
@blitzkrieg2671 It's not too expensive, but not too good either. I'd probably drop the eq and run utility or control. Splash blue for counterspells or add more cards like swords to plowshares, disenchant, etc. Blue would also give you draw power, which is a plus in combo decks. Still not the greatest deck in the world. Not competitive in legacy, and I'm sure you can come up with something better in casual.
@JasonHouston77 Alright.I was mostly basing this deck on my friends' that I would be playing against and I believe it would work well but thank you as well for the advice.
@TheMoodieTroll No. Just like a creature doesn't have to be destroyed for you to put a regeneration shield on it. Read the oracle text and it's less confusing. You target a creature with that effect, and then the next damage it takes is redirected. Even if no damage is dealt, the ability is sitting there waiting to work.
Which is why I play infect. Gain your pitiful 2 million life, I still only need to give you 10 poison counters. And with how much I proliferate that's not going to be hard at all. >:}
I've played against this deck yesterday in a Legacy tournament, i'm new at Magic and I used my standard blue/black control deck with Dark Ritual and other legacy cards like Mindslaver, when the guy said "Well I've got 2million life" I thought FUCK but keep playing as I did mulligan two times maybe he will run out of cards first. Time was running out only 5 rounds left first match I played my Karn Liberated, restarted the game in the last turn, it was a Draw, nice game!!
@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
you misinterpreted the rules, you can activate his ability as much as you want only for the damage he took. you need to have taken 500000 damage to do that shit. its still kind of a good combo though
or u could just shuko it over and over again cuz nothing says u cant equip and unequip and equip again over and over and is being targeted by a spell so its toughness goes up either way u did it the long way
redirect 1 damage is the biggest mistake...nomad en kor needs to get damaged first to be able to redirect 1 damage to the combo but your limited to the amount of damage nomad en kors recieves. so this actually doesn't work.
this is sooooo f'ing stupid. Do you even know how to play MTG? You're just making shit up as you go along. I guess you can redirect your foot in your mouth. :/
Note on my past comment, this makes a white/black Pariah deck viable, as an en-Kor deck + Pariah's shield / Pariah + black knight or disciple of malice would allow all damage dealt to an en-kor via Pariah be dealt as white-colored damage to a protected creature. This effectively makes any direct or attack damage useless until it removes the en-kor via kill spell. then, swap in the next en-kor.
en-Kor abilities never target another creature. This allows damages it deals to ignore shrouds or protections from colors. If a creature has protection from white when you redirect the damage, the damage would dissipate, due to the fact that you are not targeting it but is immune to the damage. This combination isn't valid, even if damage is dealt.
@EnPassantGamer Yes they do. Read the oracle text. This is a well known combo. Although I haven't watched all of the video, but do note that the combo doesn't work with lightning greaves unless you have another creature to bounce it back and forth (Or a Leonin Shikari, who's another creature anyway, so there ya go).
Prior to: It means that you can forecast the receiving of 500.000 points of damage to redirect to Daru, then your oponent would have to deal 500.000 points of damage to en-kor... If a guy can inflict 500.000 points of damage on you, something is wrong. Also, learn the rules.
Dude it says redirect damage. There has to be damage dealt to the kor thing to make it target daru. So you need to be attacked for 500,000 yeah right.
You couldn't do that combo. Equipment is used on a sorcery so yes that would work with 2 creatures but that can be easily stopped. You would want a shaman en-kor and target itself over and over again.
How to deal 1'000'000 damage, including both trample, haste and flying in a single round
Golem artisan
Two Myr Galvanizer
Palladium Myr
Palladium myr, combined with The Myr Galvanizer gives unlimited Mana. Golem Artisan boosts Strength and toughness +1 +1 for 2 colorless mana, this not being a tap ability. It can also give Trample, haste or flying for 2 colorless mana, this also not being a tap ability, hence, you can boost each creature as mucha s you'd like, with trample as well.
...but why stop at a million? I would make my opponent declare this over 500,000 iterations while I raised a family, traveled europe, and buried every one of his relatives. Congrats!
the shaman en-Kor is a cleric with the en-Kor abillity ;)
so u can redirect 1 dmg from th nomad to the shaman an back , then to the shaman again.... about 1.000.001 times^^ so the shaman en-kor has 1 000 001 thoughness and u can sac him
bringer of the black dawn + beacon of tomorrows pay 2 life, then cast beacon doubling your life and shuffling it back in, pay 2 life to search it out at your opponents end step sticking it on top of your library, draw and paly again, doubling your life, repeat, each turn doubling your life ( this goes faster with draw spells and spare mana (draw, play beacon, shuffle, pay 2 life, search beacon, cast ponder, draw beacon, play beacon, shuffle)
Yeah so I delved into the books and saw that you can redirect NON-EXISTENT damage before it is dealt. That, logically, makes absolutely no sense to me... But since the rules apparently don't have to be rational sometimes, very interesting combo.
Still, like I previously said, BLOOD TRIBUTE!!! Who cares how much health you have, unless you're playing against an unseasoned player's deck that doesn't include any 1 hit KO's in it.
I'm assuming this strategy is somewhat outdated and illegal in tournies? I wanted to use a life deck that used test of endurance or another card like that, but I noticed the new infect ability takes my strategy out back and does things to it I'd rather not talk about.
Like others have stated, someone would have to be throwing 500,000 damage at your Nomads en-Kor to be able to do that combo. Even if you could get your health that high,
Sanguine Bond + Blood Tribute + 1 vamp = I gain half your health, YOU'RE DEAD.
alright. here is the trick to getting over 49 BILLION health. you get a wall of reverence, giv eit shroud and indistructibility, do the same for a boon reflection, then do ajani goldmane 's -6 and use wall of reverence on the avatar. triple your health every turn!
BumsenDk is right, you ppl are all horrible at this game. You are all failing to realize that there is no damage actually being redirected where as the ability of the en-Kor is simply being used to target the Daru 500,000 times (as it is a cleric, it gets to use its on ability) and then sacrificing it. As a very active player on the GP and PT circuits take my advice, this combo actually works. its not a very good one as its easily disrupted, but it works nonetheless
silly people: this is the actual text of the card: {0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
so u can use it infinite times, as it has nothing to do with actual damage. its even specified in the oracle txt:
This is an old video but I think it's clear the author miss-understood the ruling "You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt." This simply means that you can redirect the damage from multiple attacking creatures. EG:/ three Wurmcoil Engines could be redirected onto one Glory Seeker.. the creature will die but no damage is dealt to the defending player so they are safe for another turn. It does not mean "make up a damage total"
Even if it would actually work, Heartless Hidetsugu + Overblaze + Bile urchin. All to be found in a Betrayers of Kamigawa theme deck worth less than $5. Seriously, a combo ruined by a preconstructed deck is a bit lame.
i remember about 15 years ago there was a contest to come up with the least expensive infinite mana combo. altogher it cost about $8, today probably costs less
even if you have to take 500k to gain 1000", ur still gaining 500k, which is KICKASS, cuz TOD can work as long as you take at least like 100. This deck OWNS high-damage+power creature decks. With that many times u could use that combination, its just an awesome deck, even if its not very flexible.
@23Cyrax23 yeah, no actually you can''t! To redirect damage that doesn't even exist is just stupid!!!!! stop trying to jew out a game that is never supposed to do stupid shit like that anyway, 500,000 redirected damage out of nowhere......PUH-LEEEZE
@TheShupe22 DCI-certified level 1 judge here. This combo 100% works. In fact, the Legacy deck that uses it is called "Like.dek" and has been known for quite some time.
And the Oracle (official) wording of the card is "The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead." It doesn't matter when/if that damage happens; the target is valid and the ability resolves.
@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
@SMorgenstern73 you are wrong. The ability says "the -NEXT- read well the -NEXT- damage that would be done to target creature" so YES it means this activates when NO damage is about to be dealt allready. You should read well before.
@thoumas20 You might want to look at Nomads En-Kor again. The word used is REDIRECT. Because it says redirect, damage must first be DIRECTED at En-Kor. It does not say the word 'next', and therefore needs a trigger of damage being directed at it. Now give up. You are wrong. Now, equiping Daru with any of the 0 equips, will not trigger his ability either. Because equip is a mechanic and not an ability. You should read well before commenting and making a fool of yourself.
@SMorgenstern73 Actually, in an article on the MTG site that explains the rules of equipment artifacts they refer to the "equip" mechanic as an ability. A simple Google search of, "Magic the Gathering equipment" lead me straight to that article, so you can go read it.
0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
Also, equipping is an activated ability of an equipment artifact that allows you to attach it to target creature by paying the equip cost for it at a time when you could cast a sorcery. Also, keyword mechanic and keyword ability are interchangeable.
You should read well before commenting and making a fool of yourself.
@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
@23Cyrax23 Not true at all. Read the updated text, and you will see that it is in fact the next one damage. This life combo is used throughout legacy and is well known.
@23Cyrax23 So then use Shuko and just equip over and over between the two *rolls eyes* Equipping is an ability, so the "target of ability" part counts.
@23Cyrax23 Might have been a long time since you commented this but thought I would tell you that it actualy does work as Nomad en-kor can actually redirect damage without it being dealt check the description :P
actually even if someone was just using lighting bolt on him you could still activate the ability as many times as you wanted to. It's because it's a zero cost ability that doesn't cause him to tap. Though he is incorrect with the equipment, only damage would allow you to trigger the ability, you can't equip it back and forth to trigger it. That's the flaw here.
G/w Cloudstone curio, Lone missionary, Aluren - infinate life at instant speed with no spells being cast so once you get the combo pieces out they can't even counterspell or disrupt.
much easier (for me at least)what you will need is a heart sliver, sliver queen, gemhide sliver, darkheart sliver, and a heartstone. the heartstone makes sliver queen's ability cost only 1 to play so all noy need is to use 1 mana to start so you just use the sliver queen for mana thanks to gemhide. after you get your first guy the heart sliver allows him to tap instantly and make another then with darkheart you can sacrafice the tapped sliver token to give you 3 life! just repeat as necessary!
Don't forget that equipment can only be equipped at sorcery speed. As such, it's much more unreliable than a 0 cost activated ability, as your opponent can easily respond with a Lightning Bolt-type spell after your first attempt to equip, and you won't be able to equip again in response. However, if you're using an activated ability, you could activate the ability again a few times in response, making your Daru nowhere near prone to dying from 3 damage.
What if you enchanted it with trample and twisted image'd it?
themanwiththepan 1 day ago
Every tried getting a instant that you can use as much as u want with a bolt do it like a bunch then youll win! XD
262thelegoman 1 week ago
My deck has like 14 counter spells >:P
xx415pato7xx456 1 week ago
What? your lifes at 1million? no... i play sorin... youre at 10...
axisdarkking 1 week ago
The newest text of en-kor ability:
0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to (en-kor name) this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
So... you can active this ability whenever you want and how many times you want.
It's a legal combo.
And there's a lot more combos to do with en-Kor... Try en-Kor and Stuffy Doll.
DespairsSC2 1 week ago
Don't correct me if I'm wrong:
You can only redirect damage equal to the damage that is dealt. For example: if something deals X damage to Nomads en-Kor you can only redirect X damage onto Daru Spiritualist. -You can't have Nomads en-Kor recieve 2 damage and "declare" that you re-direct 500 000 damage.
Your deck is weak against counter spells.
Phrosen1 2 weeks ago
infinite life and getting a million life are very different effects happening. This is an infinite combo, you can get way more than 1 million life out of this... Better combo, Metal Worker (or priest of titania and 4 elves) with a staff of domination... infinite life, card draw, mana, tap/untap creatures... And finally... Lightning Greaves is a better equipment for this combo, helps out the clerics more than a shuko.
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TheShortstackxx 2 weeks ago
the player wouldnt be disqualified it is allowed to play with this deck so...
rabbidnator 2 weeks ago
cant wait to make you put your whole deck into your grave or make you draw everything
Lolzorfest101 2 weeks ago
do you really think gaining 100 000 000 life is gonna make you win the game, poor combo and you need a kill
Lolzorfest101 2 weeks ago
My mind has been blown so hard, I can't even comprehend it. So you can target Daru as "many times" as you want? I have a life deck, but this us ridiculous! Please pm me and explain it to me
Yesnog05 2 weeks ago
i agree with kouterry
lucariokid100 3 weeks ago
@lucariokid100 It doesn't matter if you agree with him because the rules say you are wrong. From Gatherer Rulings
The ability of this card does not do anything to stop Trample damage from being assigned to the defending player.
It can redirect damage to itself.
t is possible to redirect more damage to a creature than that creature's toughness.
When you redirect damage it is still combat damage.
You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt.
Sorry. :)
ss4linkftw 3 weeks ago
YOu are a fucking idiot. That doesn't work. You actually have to have damage being dealt to enkor to use the ability you fucking nub, you cant just prevent shit like nothing. ur dumb.
Kouterry 3 weeks ago
@Kouterry no you are the idiot.
this is from the link in the description
Q: Can Nomads en-Kor redirect damage to another creature if he has not received any damage from the other player.
-Darrell
A: Yes. In fact, he must play the ability that redirects damage before it is actually dealt.
pandurism 3 weeks ago
@Kouterry Lol you just made yourself look like an idiot...its on the magic website...to begin with how would you prevent damage after damage is dealt...you must prevent the damage before it is dealt so it owuldn't be dealt to begin with...l2p nub
TheShortstackxx 2 weeks ago 3
...course now there's just Kitchen Finks+Melira+Visera Seer...
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shinobiwan0 1 month ago
@cridus10 you think that is epic? Wait till you show him a magister sphinx.
StreethingX 1 month ago
doesn't it say redirect the next 1 damage to a target? doesn't that mean you can only redirect damage that is actually hitting you? if so then this won't work. because even if you redirect the next 500,000 damage and they only swung for 2 then you would only redirect two giving the creature a +4. not 1 mill. it's kind of like saying "I am going to get a pool and fill it with as much water as it can hold, but all I have is a cup of water to add, so there is no pool, just a cup of water in a pool"
Danielnewbold 1 month ago
@Danielnewbold Rules say that you are wrong. As stated on Gatherer:
Rulings
The ability of this card does not do anything to stop Trample damage from being assigned to the defending player.
It can redirect damage to itself.
It is possible to redirect more damage to a creature than that creature's toughness.
When you redirect damage it is still combat damage.
You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt.
^ That ruling right there is your answer.
ss4linkftw 3 weeks ago
@ss4linkftw i guess that makes sense then, but I would assume that anyone playing with the person who gains that much life would quit or the player who uses this would be disqualified in any tournament.
Danielnewbold 2 weeks ago
@Danielnewbold you need to read and learn the effects...it specifically says this if you look it up due to the fact that people would think of it this way...what magic: the gathering allows you to do is create a sheild...due to the fact that it costs no mana you can infinitely target the daru spiritualist creating a damage prevention sheild on him, therefor you don't need any damage being dealt to him to use the abilty.
TheShortstackxx 2 weeks ago
nice!
NarNar56 1 month ago
I deck you with Time Spiral, High Tide, and Brain Freeze... cool life totals bro.
Also: Sorin Markov (-3) lol
niczim123 1 month ago
Or you could play Cephalid Breakfast, which is an actual deck with a similar premise that you know, wins.
Gakoranus 1 month ago
... blue uses nope...
jk2782 1 month ago
Or, instead of gaining 1,000,001 life, you can splash black and use the Sanctum to kill an opponent. :D
M3mentoMori1 1 month ago
BUT i do like ur idea alots
hodgkins87 1 month ago
good idea but they need to send a shit load of dmg ur way first i have a good idea with the kor and celestial mantel double strike some enchantment life u gain toss on a creature pherixan creature make so on so o n DAMN big creatures and shit load of life
hodgkins87 1 month ago
@hodgkins87 Perhaps try rephrasing that in proper English so it is vaguely understandable?
iseezapie 1 month ago
Soul drinkers and fling. You can create a creature whose power and toughness are a googleplexian (a number bigger than all the atoms in the known universe) and then throw it at your opponent to do a googleplexian of damage. It's a pretty sick win.
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lvlidnight3clipse 1 month ago
Haha that was funny :]
DareX23X 2 months ago
Blood Tribute+ kicker+Sanguine Bond=dead =P
johndill90 2 months ago
r u sure that this is actually legacy competitive? o.O
NotNamedName 3 months ago
There are so many flaws in this strategy! It would never, ever really work!
z0mbi3hunt3rJ 3 months ago
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ It used to work in the old extended decks (way back before they put sets in rotation and still allowed duals). The deck was called life. Not a typical top 8 deck, but it still worked. And to answer the guy above you, no, it's not legacy competitive.
JasonHouston77 2 months ago
@JasonHouston77, I don't see this working, ever. First, this guy isn't using decks that are that old. He's using a card from 9th, Betrayers of Kamigawa, Fifth Dawn, Mirrodin, Onslaught, Judgment, and Scourge. Second, to redirect damage a spell or permanent has to deal the damage. One cannot just redirect damage if there is none. As far as I know, those rules have never changes.
z0mbi3hunt3rJ 2 months ago
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ You could do this back in 1999. I know because I played then. Nomads En-Kor, Task Force, Worthy Cause, etc. were all out then. Just because he threw some newer cards in there doesn't mean it wasn't around then. And when you want to know a card ruling, read the ORACLE text. 0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead. You target Task force a million times, sacrifice it to worthy cause, gain 3,000,003 life.
JasonHouston77 2 months ago
@z0mbi3hunt3rJ You certainly can. The current errata reads "redirect the next (x) damage" or something like that. Damage does not have to be declared, in this case. Legally, it works. You can redirect the next 'however much' damage.
rrhmorgan 1 month ago
I am fairly new to the game and I had a simple question:This deck seems quite good, so, how expensive would it be to get these cards?
blitzkrieg2671 3 months ago
@blitzkrieg2671 It's not too expensive, but not too good either. I'd probably drop the eq and run utility or control. Splash blue for counterspells or add more cards like swords to plowshares, disenchant, etc. Blue would also give you draw power, which is a plus in combo decks. Still not the greatest deck in the world. Not competitive in legacy, and I'm sure you can come up with something better in casual.
JasonHouston77 2 months ago
@JasonHouston77 Alright.I was mostly basing this deck on my friends' that I would be playing against and I believe it would work well but thank you as well for the advice.
blitzkrieg2671 2 months ago
instant Troll :D this is one epic combo
suicidal922 3 months ago
I would declare that im doing it an infinite amount of times just to be a bigger asshole :3
MrSamuel745 3 months ago
@MrSamuel745 You can designate any value except infinity.
asaskald 3 months ago
Excuse me sir, but it says redirect dmg right? that means it would have to be taking dmg to be able to redirect it...
TheMoodieTroll 3 months ago
@TheMoodieTroll No. Just like a creature doesn't have to be destroyed for you to put a regeneration shield on it. Read the oracle text and it's less confusing. You target a creature with that effect, and then the next damage it takes is redirected. Even if no damage is dealt, the ability is sitting there waiting to work.
JasonHouston77 2 months ago
@JasonHouston77 I see, thank you for clearing that up
TheMoodieTroll 2 months ago
ummm..... counter!
paul0813 3 months ago
phyrexian metamorph-suture priest-leonin relic warder
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opponent: "I gain 1000000 life! the next turn I'll win!"
me: "I attack you for 10 poison counters. I won."
cridus10 3 months ago
opponent: "I gain 1000000 life! the next turn I'll win!"
me: "I attack you for 10 poison counters. I won."
cridus10 3 months ago 63
@cridus10 i play sorin markhov. u r at 10 good sir
bflandragon90 2 months ago
@bflandragon90 asd
cridus10 2 months ago
why don't you pay a black instead to just kill them or are you expecting to play the mirror?
MrJarvis2011 4 months ago
lol this deck is the ultamite troll
JustinDosntCare 4 months ago
Which is why I play infect. Gain your pitiful 2 million life, I still only need to give you 10 poison counters. And with how much I proliferate that's not going to be hard at all. >:}
MaxBemisingod 4 months ago
@MaxBemisingod yeah lol, infect is pretty op these days with all the regen, unblockables, and of course triumph of the hordes
VectornautACR 4 months ago
@MaxBemisingod yeah lol, infect is pretty over-powered these days with all the regen, unblockables, and of course triumph of the hordes
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@MaxBemisingod yeah lol, infect is pretty over-powered these days with all the regen, unblockables, and of course triumph of the ordes
VectornautACR 4 months ago
@MaxBemisingod
Leeches.
dmgirl3000 4 months ago
@dmgirl3000 Dammit Homelands >:( Card is finally useful fifteen years later.
MaxBemisingod 4 months ago
diamond valley would be useful here aswell hehe
aranali 4 months ago
Sweet Jesus! 0.0
upyours101101 5 months ago
this much life gotta go well with Channel
pizzaiolokun 5 months ago
I've played against this deck yesterday in a Legacy tournament, i'm new at Magic and I used my standard blue/black control deck with Dark Ritual and other legacy cards like Mindslaver, when the guy said "Well I've got 2million life" I thought FUCK but keep playing as I did mulligan two times maybe he will run out of cards first. Time was running out only 5 rounds left first match I played my Karn Liberated, restarted the game in the last turn, it was a Draw, nice game!!
javierfranco07 5 months ago
that no fun in combo deck one turn and done no game
frederiksen2210 5 months ago
1 his Daru can realy make him win unlimited life he just need to equip equipement vive versa to his 2 creature then that daru defence will raise
and beside yes Equipent Equip is an Ability and (Tap) is an ability
KanameStars 5 months ago
@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
SMorgenstern73 5 months ago
Leonin relic warder + soul warden + Phyrexian metamorph also works
doditox 5 months ago
Yea , and infect deck still has to do just 10 damage ...
NexCzech 5 months ago
Good combo but as soon as infect is added it becomes useless
naruto4685 5 months ago
@naruto4685
He's using white, he can just use "Leeches", he won't care, he's got unlimited life lol.
AyanaLinval 5 months ago
you misinterpreted the rules, you can activate his ability as much as you want only for the damage he took. you need to have taken 500000 damage to do that shit. its still kind of a good combo though
6MachinE6GunfunK6 5 months ago
Damn this would also work with Doran!
tensaiproductions 6 months ago 8
This is legal and a pretty famous combo, in fact Mike Flores writes about it on the Wizards site.
I love this combo. I have an Ajani deck that runs both this and the Enduring Renewal/Ornithopter/Blasting Station combo for infinite damage.
CaptainTouchdown 6 months ago
or u could just shuko it over and over again cuz nothing says u cant equip and unequip and equip again over and over and is being targeted by a spell so its toughness goes up either way u did it the long way
PSYCHOTICsweed 6 months ago
I once had over 1 trillion health in a Type Two Tournament during the Zendikar block using a landfall deck. Infinite landfall combo for the win.
tenkaichi69 6 months ago
redirect 1 damage is the biggest mistake...nomad en kor needs to get damaged first to be able to redirect 1 damage to the combo but your limited to the amount of damage nomad en kors recieves. so this actually doesn't work.
ENRIQUEGOITIA 6 months ago
Fucking retards, THIS DOES WORK. If you're gonna say "learn the rules" then don't be a fucking idiot who doesn't know the rules.
numdiar 6 months ago
Do you plan on blocking 500,000 damage with one creature? Learn the rules.
Thundermonkeyms 6 months ago
this is sooooo f'ing stupid. Do you even know how to play MTG? You're just making shit up as you go along. I guess you can redirect your foot in your mouth. :/
LukeLWyatt 7 months ago
"becomes the target"
"a cleric you control"
hmm, looks like that second ability doesn't involve targeting, so it don't work derp.
zachariasadams1984 7 months ago
"redirect"...shit...
drvacuumbag 7 months ago
Note on my past comment, this makes a white/black Pariah deck viable, as an en-Kor deck + Pariah's shield / Pariah + black knight or disciple of malice would allow all damage dealt to an en-kor via Pariah be dealt as white-colored damage to a protected creature. This effectively makes any direct or attack damage useless until it removes the en-kor via kill spell. then, swap in the next en-kor.
EnPassantGamer 7 months ago
Will make a quick statement here:
en-Kor abilities never target another creature. This allows damages it deals to ignore shrouds or protections from colors. If a creature has protection from white when you redirect the damage, the damage would dissipate, due to the fact that you are not targeting it but is immune to the damage. This combination isn't valid, even if damage is dealt.
Like the idea, it just doesn't work.
EnPassantGamer 7 months ago
@EnPassantGamer Yes they do. Read the oracle text. This is a well known combo. Although I haven't watched all of the video, but do note that the combo doesn't work with lightning greaves unless you have another creature to bounce it back and forth (Or a Leonin Shikari, who's another creature anyway, so there ya go).
TrueRPJesus 7 months ago
meh, suture priest+ phyrexian metamorph+ leonin relic warder
and its legal in standard1 :D
NachtCrus 7 months ago
my friend just 1.65 nonillion life, one million is a cake walk bro
gamingtutninja 7 months ago
T1 - Plains, En-Kor
T2 - Swamp, Daru
T3 - Forest, Doran
lol
MrZaroptil 7 months ago
Prior to: It means that you can forecast the receiving of 500.000 points of damage to redirect to Daru, then your oponent would have to deal 500.000 points of damage to en-kor... If a guy can inflict 500.000 points of damage on you, something is wrong. Also, learn the rules.
Joh666porra 7 months ago
Dude it says redirect damage. There has to be damage dealt to the kor thing to make it target daru. So you need to be attacked for 500,000 yeah right.
Abolito100 7 months ago
honestly, I'd stop after equipping it after 8,981 times
Ultrox007 7 months ago
I'm actually playing a game I started decades ago! Thanks!
genraz 7 months ago
You couldn't do that combo. Equipment is used on a sorcery so yes that would work with 2 creatures but that can be easily stopped. You would want a shaman en-kor and target itself over and over again.
Vitaminb 8 months ago
my record is 250 centillion
FastSilverTc 8 months ago
With one of the new sets (I think scars of mirrodin) a card named twisted image.
Cast this on the cleric and then use starlift with the third ability the insta-kill! Nice vid btw.
wern212 8 months ago
With one of the new sets (I think scars of mirrodin) a card named twisted image.
Cast this on the cleric and then use starlift with the third ability the insta-kill!
wern212 8 months ago
Ability on the stack, False Cure? :3
trdl23 8 months ago
How to deal 1'000'000 damage, including both trample, haste and flying in a single round
Golem artisan
Two Myr Galvanizer
Palladium Myr
Palladium myr, combined with The Myr Galvanizer gives unlimited Mana. Golem Artisan boosts Strength and toughness +1 +1 for 2 colorless mana, this not being a tap ability. It can also give Trample, haste or flying for 2 colorless mana, this also not being a tap ability, hence, you can boost each creature as mucha s you'd like, with trample as well.
hackg33k 8 months ago
Two words... false cure :P
TheUkiDuki 8 months ago
Infect has ushured in a new weakness to this deck, PST if you have anything that can counter infect in this deck.
RestoSexual 9 months ago
couldn't you have delt dmg insted of gaining the life O.o
videomod42 9 months ago
tsc tsc tsc...
failed............
hunksc 9 months ago
@CRISSBLANEHATER Ah, thanks. A kick-ass strategy i might say :)
joonamato 9 months ago
to bad i have infect muahahahahahahahahaha xD
BeatingAssassins 9 months ago
@CRISSBLANEHATER wait what?
joonamato 9 months ago
...but why stop at a million? I would make my opponent declare this over 500,000 iterations while I raised a family, traveled europe, and buried every one of his relatives. Congrats!
goodolarchie 9 months ago
wtf???
you: i do this and this with my uber card to make this uber combo hahaha
me: in response to sacrifice tap 1 red mana tap 1 black... terminate
you: (crying like a baby)
this combo is as flawed as the grand canyon
lesadorables 10 months ago
@lesadorables Okay, since you can pull cards out of your ass I'll Force of Will your Terminate. Or, I'll Mana Tithe since its mono white.
Your combo is as flawed as the Grand Canyon (because the Grand Canyon is somehow the epitome of a flaw),
l3ANEl3LADE 9 months ago
Viridian Joiner, Experiment Kraj, Gilder Bairn, infinite mana then you can do alot of stuff :)
sujidull 10 months ago
a beter combo....:
the shaman en-Kor is a cleric with the en-Kor abillity ;)
so u can redirect 1 dmg from th nomad to the shaman an back , then to the shaman again.... about 1.000.001 times^^ so the shaman en-kor has 1 000 001 thoughness and u can sac him
blizzmen 10 months ago
bringer of the black dawn + beacon of tomorrows pay 2 life, then cast beacon doubling your life and shuffling it back in, pay 2 life to search it out at your opponents end step sticking it on top of your library, draw and paly again, doubling your life, repeat, each turn doubling your life ( this goes faster with draw spells and spare mana (draw, play beacon, shuffle, pay 2 life, search beacon, cast ponder, draw beacon, play beacon, shuffle)
MCTimemaster 11 months ago
Yeah so I delved into the books and saw that you can redirect NON-EXISTENT damage before it is dealt. That, logically, makes absolutely no sense to me... But since the rules apparently don't have to be rational sometimes, very interesting combo.
Still, like I previously said, BLOOD TRIBUTE!!! Who cares how much health you have, unless you're playing against an unseasoned player's deck that doesn't include any 1 hit KO's in it.
Marntuga 11 months ago
I'm assuming this strategy is somewhat outdated and illegal in tournies? I wanted to use a life deck that used test of endurance or another card like that, but I noticed the new infect ability takes my strategy out back and does things to it I'd rather not talk about.
shogungari 11 months ago
Like others have stated, someone would have to be throwing 500,000 damage at your Nomads en-Kor to be able to do that combo. Even if you could get your health that high,
Sanguine Bond + Blood Tribute + 1 vamp = I gain half your health, YOU'RE DEAD.
Nice try though.
Marntuga 11 months ago
en kor doesnt actually target the cleric, so it does not get the toughness bonus. no combo there
worldslayer 11 months ago
soren markov says: "Your health is 10."
sethhhumphrey 11 months ago 2
@sethhhumphrey Infect creatures say "You can have all the life you like, I still only need to do 10 damage."
sharpy748 11 months ago 2
false cure sayonara
jklumn 1 year ago
Leyline of Punishment
Everlasting Torment
You LOSE.
TourWins 1 year ago
throw in some swamp and make them lose 1,000,001 life
angelusludicer 1 year ago
You could get infinite health, why stop at 1,000,000?
wolfdog1369 1 year ago
alright. here is the trick to getting over 49 BILLION health. you get a wall of reverence, giv eit shroud and indistructibility, do the same for a boon reflection, then do ajani goldmane 's -6 and use wall of reverence on the avatar. triple your health every turn!
f15tguthix 1 year ago
sorry jedijosh you cant equip it 500,000 times sorry to bust your bubble cant do it sorry!!!
13yoshi666 1 year ago
or you could use about face then fling FTW...btw i like my deck better i can win millions of life and make millions o saprolings by turn 5 or 6
beverlymakenzie 1 year ago
BumsenDk is right, you ppl are all horrible at this game. You are all failing to realize that there is no damage actually being redirected where as the ability of the en-Kor is simply being used to target the Daru 500,000 times (as it is a cleric, it gets to use its on ability) and then sacrificing it. As a very active player on the GP and PT circuits take my advice, this combo actually works. its not a very good one as its easily disrupted, but it works nonetheless
rawfodog001 1 year ago
silly people: this is the actual text of the card: {0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
so u can use it infinite times, as it has nothing to do with actual damage. its even specified in the oracle txt:
BumsenDK 1 year ago
if its re direct damage then you have to have that much damage coming at you...
octopunk777 1 year ago
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EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ltparis98 1 year ago
EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ltparis98 1 year ago
This is an old video but I think it's clear the author miss-understood the ruling "You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt." This simply means that you can redirect the damage from multiple attacking creatures. EG:/ three Wurmcoil Engines could be redirected onto one Glory Seeker.. the creature will die but no damage is dealt to the defending player so they are safe for another turn. It does not mean "make up a damage total"
AncientPidgeon 1 year ago
Even if it would actually work, Heartless Hidetsugu + Overblaze + Bile urchin. All to be found in a Betrayers of Kamigawa theme deck worth less than $5. Seriously, a combo ruined by a preconstructed deck is a bit lame.
FpSyntius 1 year ago
i remember about 15 years ago there was a contest to come up with the least expensive infinite mana combo. altogher it cost about $8, today probably costs less
radicalman33 1 year ago
even if you have to take 500k to gain 1000", ur still gaining 500k, which is KICKASS, cuz TOD can work as long as you take at least like 100. This deck OWNS high-damage+power creature decks. With that many times u could use that combination, its just an awesome deck, even if its not very flexible.
thejoshanator555 1 year ago
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Tenzer57 1 year ago
Ugh, I hate people who build decks like this just to find loopholes.
dumb.
xfracturedbeauty 1 year ago
*cough* wrath of god *cough, cough, die*
GrimmReaperLegion 1 year ago
Damage needs to be inflict/dealt to redirect
KapetanOrgazmo 1 year ago 2
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KapetanOrgazmo 1 year ago
infect.
Jeeriosthedrummer 1 year ago
Damage needs to be inflict/dealt to redirect
en-Kors needs to receive 500,000 points of damage to activate it 500,000 times
Sorry to break your combo
23Cyrax23 1 year ago 27
@23Cyrax23 your wrong actually
beverlymakenzie 1 year ago
@23Cyrax23
Yeah, the damage one wouldn't work so well. That's a bit off.
However, the idea with the equipment would actually work. A little bit nasty if you ask me.
razorbladeXromance13 1 year ago
@23Cyrax23
Nope, I use the combo myself, and we even asked a local judge. He said its legal, and its also why they stopped making cards like that.
Yoherz 11 months ago
@23Cyrax23 From the gatherer:
10/4/2004 You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt.
23Cyrax23 11 months ago 21
@23Cyrax23 yeah, no actually you can''t! To redirect damage that doesn't even exist is just stupid!!!!! stop trying to jew out a game that is never supposed to do stupid shit like that anyway, 500,000 redirected damage out of nowhere......PUH-LEEEZE
TheShupe22 8 months ago
@TheShupe22 Actually, you can do this as it's described. It may be a cheeze move, but it is legal. As a judge, I assure you that it would be allowed.
percivul 8 months ago
@TheShupe22 DCI-certified level 1 judge here. This combo 100% works. In fact, the Legacy deck that uses it is called "Like.dek" and has been known for quite some time.
And the Oracle (official) wording of the card is "The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead." It doesn't matter when/if that damage happens; the target is valid and the ability resolves.
trdl23 8 months ago
@23Cyrax23 So this thing does still work?
jesse10022 6 months ago
@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
SMorgenstern73 5 months ago
@SMorgenstern73 you are wrong. The ability says "the -NEXT- read well the -NEXT- damage that would be done to target creature" so YES it means this activates when NO damage is about to be dealt allready. You should read well before.
thoumas20 5 months ago
@thoumas20 You might want to look at Nomads En-Kor again. The word used is REDIRECT. Because it says redirect, damage must first be DIRECTED at En-Kor. It does not say the word 'next', and therefore needs a trigger of damage being directed at it. Now give up. You are wrong. Now, equiping Daru with any of the 0 equips, will not trigger his ability either. Because equip is a mechanic and not an ability. You should read well before commenting and making a fool of yourself.
SMorgenstern73 5 months ago
@SMorgenstern73 Actually, in an article on the MTG site that explains the rules of equipment artifacts they refer to the "equip" mechanic as an ability. A simple Google search of, "Magic the Gathering equipment" lead me straight to that article, so you can go read it.
JeremyJ5040 4 months ago
@SMorgenstern73
Oracle text for nomads ability
0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
Also, equipping is an activated ability of an equipment artifact that allows you to attach it to target creature by paying the equip cost for it at a time when you could cast a sorcery. Also, keyword mechanic and keyword ability are interchangeable.
You should read well before commenting and making a fool of yourself.
dmgirl3000 4 months ago
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@23Cyrax23 but! prior means that the damage has to be being dealt at some point. Prior does NOT mean that you can activate the ability when no damage is about to be dealt. for en-kors to work, there has to be a trigger of damage being dealt to it before you can activate their ability
And "equip" is NOT an ability. and it is not a spell. Daru will NOT activate from being equipped.
SMorgenstern73 5 months ago
@23Cyrax23 Not true at all. Read the updated text, and you will see that it is in fact the next one damage. This life combo is used throughout legacy and is well known.
NintendoBmaN 11 months ago
@23Cyrax23 So then use Shuko and just equip over and over between the two *rolls eyes* Equipping is an ability, so the "target of ability" part counts.
Sorry to break your criticism.
Jayda45 10 months ago
@23Cyrax23 Might have been a long time since you commented this but thought I would tell you that it actualy does work as Nomad en-kor can actually redirect damage without it being dealt check the description :P
Dragon468 9 months ago
@23Cyrax23
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!! haha
xXHeroXx777official 9 months ago
@23Cyrax23 even if it was possible to do it.... I play Sorin Markov.. I use his -3 ability... your life total is now 10... have a nice day. hahaha
fklugh 8 months ago
@23Cyrax23 C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!!!
Onun99 6 months ago
@23Cyrax23 False.
RageagainstRacism 5 months ago
@23Cyrax23
actually even if someone was just using lighting bolt on him you could still activate the ability as many times as you wanted to. It's because it's a zero cost ability that doesn't cause him to tap. Though he is incorrect with the equipment, only damage would allow you to trigger the ability, you can't equip it back and forth to trigger it. That's the flaw here.
AyanaLinval 5 months ago
this deck is ez to beat, you forgot to add counter decks as it's weakness. most of my decks can beat this; even my multi deck (all 5 colors)
v2099 1 year ago
*cough* fast bond *cough* zuran orb *cough* crucible of worlds*cough cough*
JulianBaynez 1 year ago
G/w Cloudstone curio, Lone missionary, Aluren - infinate life at instant speed with no spells being cast so once you get the combo pieces out they can't even counterspell or disrupt.
Hell make it W/U/G for:
Infinate mana with Nest invader
Infinate bounce with Man o War
Or any number of shinanigans.
hammerhiem75 1 year ago
much easier (for me at least)what you will need is a heart sliver, sliver queen, gemhide sliver, darkheart sliver, and a heartstone. the heartstone makes sliver queen's ability cost only 1 to play so all noy need is to use 1 mana to start so you just use the sliver queen for mana thanks to gemhide. after you get your first guy the heart sliver allows him to tap instantly and make another then with darkheart you can sacrafice the tapped sliver token to give you 3 life! just repeat as necessary!
MrRazorblade123 1 year ago
how can you redirect non-existent damage.
MrResearchfortruth 1 year ago
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MrResearchfortruth 1 year ago
Don't forget that equipment can only be equipped at sorcery speed. As such, it's much more unreliable than a 0 cost activated ability, as your opponent can easily respond with a Lightning Bolt-type spell after your first attempt to equip, and you won't be able to equip again in response. However, if you're using an activated ability, you could activate the ability again a few times in response, making your Daru nowhere near prone to dying from 3 damage.
jaxsonbateman 1 year ago
Damn this is going to cost me $102.57
TheProCanLickMyBalls 1 year ago
rain of embers, heartless hidetsugu, overblaze =3
INFECTION112 1 year ago
Excellent!
damnuok 1 year ago