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Resourceful Defense + Delaying Shield
How it works
Prerequisites
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Steps
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Delaying Shield triggers.
- Holding priority, if Delaying Shield has any delay counters on it, activate Resourceful Defense by paying , moving the delay counters from Delaying Shield onto Resourceful Defense.
- Resolve the Delaying Shield trigger, doing nothing.
- While Delaying Shield is on the battlefield, all damage that would be dealt to you is replaced by putting that many counters on Delaying Shield instead.
- Repeat each turn as necessary.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
1–2 · Exhibition & Core
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.
3 · Upgraded
Allowed in this bracket.
4–5 · Optimized & cEDH
All combos are allowed.