How it works
Steps
- 1Cast Cloudshift by paying , blinking Fiend Hunter.
- 2When Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, its first ability and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Fiend Hunter trigger, exiling Abdel Adrian.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a copy of Fiend Hunter that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the token Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, exiling the nontoken Fiend Hunter until the token Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield.
- 6When the nontoken Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, its second ability triggers, returning Abdel Adrian from exile to the battlefield.
- 7When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it and Preston trigger.
- 8Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Abdel Adrian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 9Put the token Abdel Adrian into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 10The token Abdel Adrian's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers, choose not to exile a permanent.
- 11Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling the token Fiend Hunter and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- 12When the token Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Fiend Hunter from exile to the battlefield.
- 13Repeat from step 2.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?