How it works
Prerequisites
- Soul Link attached to Ill-Tempered Loner.
- Ill-Tempered Loner can be transformed.
- You have a way to give Ill-Tempered Loner indestructible.
- You have a way to deal damage to Ill-Tempered Loner.
Steps
- 1Give Ill-Tempered Loner indestructible, and then deal damage to Ill-Tempered Loner.
- 2Ill-Tempered Loner and Soul Link's second ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Soul Link trigger, causing you to gain that much life.
- 4Resolve the Ill-Tempered Loner trigger, dealing that much damage to itself.
- 5Ill-Tempered Loner and Soul Link's first and second abilities trigger.
- 6Resolve both Soul Link triggers, causing you to gain life equal to twice the damage dealt.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.