How it works
Prerequisites
- Thornbite Staff attached to Pirate Ship.
- Pirate Ship does not have summoning sickness.
- You have a way to give Pirate Ship deathtouch.
- Thornbite Staff attached to Pirate Ship.
- Pirate Ship does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
- 1Activate Pirate Ship by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to any creature an opponent controls.
- 2The creature dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3When the creature dies, Pirate Ship triggers, untapping Pirate Ship.
- 4Repeat.
- 5You may repeat this loop whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
- 6Give Pirate Ship deathtouch, if needed.
- 7Activate Pirate Ship by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to any creature an opponent controls, and destroying it due to Pirate Ship's deathtouch.
- 8When the creature dies, Pirate Ship triggers, untapping Pirate Ship.
- 9Repeat from step 2.
- 10If the effect giving Pirate Ship deathtouch is a static effect, you may repeat this whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.