How it works
Prerequisites
- Merieke Ri Berit does not have summoning sickness.
- Thornbite Staff attached to Merieke Ri Berit.
- You have a way to untap Merieke Ri Berit once.
Steps
- 1Activate Merieke Ri Berit's own ability by tapping it, gaining control of target creature as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit and creating a delayed triggered ability.
- 2Untap Merieke Ri Berit by any method.
- 3Merieke Ri Berit's delayed triggered ability triggers, destroying the creature you gained control of.
- 4Merieke Ri Berit's ability from Thornbite Staff triggers.
- 5In response, activate Merieke Ri Berit's own ability by tapping it, gaining control of target creature as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit and creating a delayed triggered ability.
- 6Resolve the ability from step 4, untapping Merieke Ri Berit.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.