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Against the Odds: I Made Infinite Lands! (Timeless)


Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Against the Odds! The goal today is simple: we're trying to use the combo of Springheart Nantuko and Nissa, Who Shakes the World to make infinite lands! If we can turn a Forest into a creature with Nissa and bestow Springheart Nantuko on, all we need to do is play a land, and we can start a weird loop that will make infinite Forests. The Forest entering the battlefield triggers Springheart Nantuko so we can pay two to copy the creature it's enchanting, which is a Forest. This new Forest coming into play will trigger Springheart Nantuko again, and since all of our Forests tap for two mana thanks to Nissa, Who Shakes the World, we can do this forever to make infinite lands! By itself, this doesn't do much right away. But if we add a Bristly Bill, Spine Sower to the mix, we'll make infinitely large creatures, Courser of Kruphix will gain us infinite life, and Evolution Sage will proliferate an infinite number of times! What are the odds of making infinite lands in Timeless? How quickly can we pull off the combo? Let's get to the games and find out on today's Against the Odds!

Against the Odds: Infinite Lands

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Wrap-Up

Record-wise, we played 26 games with the deck and won 12, giving us a 46% win rate, which is actually better than I would have expected heading into our matches. More importantly, we managed to pull off the combo a bunch of times along the way! While most opponents scooped once they realized what was happening, it was pretty awesome when we actually got to play it out until the end, with a massive board of huge creatures and a seemingly impossible number of lands on the battlefield. 

The Mono-Green Devotion shell we played the deck in also felt surprisingly solid. Timeless is a super-fast and -powerful format, but fast mana from cards like Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and Utopia Sprawl lets us keep up with the format's speed, to the point where I found myself wondering why Mono-Green Devotion isn't a thing in Timeless.

All in all, the deck was super funny, and while it's more semi-competitive than busted, being able to win almost half of the time was pretty impressive considering the power of Timeless and the jank level of our combo! If you like weird combos that do odd things and might end up breaking Arena, give Infinite Land Nantuko a shot! While it isn't likely to win any tournaments, it is hilarious when it pops off and wins more than it should!

Conclusion

Anyway, that's all for today. As always, leave your thoughts, ideas, opinions, and suggestions in the comments, and you can reach me on Twitter @SaffronOlive or at SaffronOlive@MTGGoldfish.com.



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