How it works
Prerequisites
- Your life total is at least twenty one.
Steps
- 1Cast Fractured Identity by paying , exiling Illusions of Grandeur and causing each opponent to create a token copy of it.
- 2The nontoken Illusions of Grandeur's second ability triggers, and each token Illusions of Grandeur's first ability triggers.
- 3Resolve each token Illusions of Gradeur's trigger, causing each opponent to gain no life due to Archfiend of Despair.
- 4Resolve the nontoken Illusions of Grandeur's trigger, causing you to lose twenty life.
- 5Cast Calming Verse by paying , destroying all enchantments.
- 6Each opponent's Illusions of Grandeur leaves the battlefield, causing them to lose twenty life.
- 7At the beginning of your end step, Archfiend of Despair triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?