Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Metastatic Evangel + Cryptic Trilobite + Basking Broodscale + Bulwark Ox

Decks

How it works

If Bulwark Ox is in your graveyard, you must have available and three removable counters from creatures you control, ensuring to leave a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Basking Broodscale. If Bulwark Ox is in your hand, you must have enough mana to cast it.

Cast Bulwark Ox by paying its mana cost if it is in your hand. Otherwise, activate Tayam by paying and removing three counters from creatures you control, causing you to mill three cards and return Bulwark Ox from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
When Bulwark Ox enters the battlefield, Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to put a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Basking Broodscale and a vigilance counter on Bulwark Ox.
Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token that enters with a vigilance counter on it.
Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
Activate Tayam by paying , removing both vigilance counters from Bulwark Ox and another counter from a creature you control.
Holding priority, activate Bulwark Ox by sacrificing it.
Resolve the Tayam ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Bulwark Ox from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
Repeat from step 2.
Repeat.

In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?

1–2 · Exhibition & Core

Allowed in this bracket.

3 · Upgraded

Allowed in this bracket.

4–5 · Optimized & cEDH

All combos are allowed.

How it works

If Bulwark Ox is in your graveyard, you must have available and three removable counters from creatures you control, ensuring to leave a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Basking Broodscale. If Bulwark Ox is in your hand, you must have enough mana to cast it.

Cast Bulwark Ox by paying its mana cost if it is in your hand. Otherwise, activate Tayam by paying and removing three counters from creatures you control, causing you to mill three cards and return Bulwark Ox from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
When Bulwark Ox enters the battlefield, Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to put a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Basking Broodscale and a vigilance counter on Bulwark Ox.
Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token that enters with a vigilance counter on it.
Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
Activate Tayam by paying , removing both vigilance counters from Bulwark Ox and another counter from a creature you control.
Holding priority, activate Bulwark Ox by sacrificing it.
Resolve the Tayam ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Bulwark Ox from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
Repeat from step 2.
Repeat.