Board wipes typically aren’t used as combo pieces. These cards are instead commonly found in Commander, as well as in controlling constructed decks. The purpose? To reset the board state into something that players can manage. Eventually, spot removal simply won’t be enough. Yet, startlingly, the new Bloomburrow board wipe Starfall Invocation has an infinite combo mode on it!
Starfall Invocation
- Mana Value: 3WW
- Rarity: Rare
- Card Type: Sorcery
- Card Text: Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Destroy all creatures. If the gift was promised, return a creature card put into your graveyard this way to be battlefield under your control.
Starfall Invocation’s ability to Gift a card makes this a rather unique board wipe. In exchange for a card to your opponent, you get ahead on tempo following a five-mana board wipe. If you have one massive creature in play before you choose to wipe, Starfall Invocation can be absolutely devastating.
What if I told you that this mode can be used to deck an opponent out? All you need to do is respond to Starfall Invocation with a creature with similar effects to Dualcaster Mage, and the fun can begin. This combo also works with Naru Meha, Master Adept, for example.
Dualcaster Mage will enter, and copy Starfall Invocation. The first one will resolve, killing your Dualcaster Mage. As long as you promised a Gift, Dualcaster Mage can re-enter play, copying the original copy of Starfall Invocation once again. This lets you repeat the loop, gifting your opponent infinite cards!
Combo Setbacks
There is a catch with this combo. Once you Promise an opponent a Gift, you can’t change what opponent is getting the Gift. As a result, in a multiplayer game, only one opponent can be decked out with this strategy.
Additionally, if your opponent manages to find a way to remove Dualcaster Mage as they are drawing cards, not only will the combo end, but you’ve Gifted your opponent a ton of cards! The best way to avoid this disastrous blowout is to combo alongside something that prevents your opponent from taking game actions on your turn. Teferi, Time Raveler is a great example of this that doesn’t get blown up by Starfall Invocation. It even got a new Curious Critters artwork in Bloomburrow!
All in all, this definitely isn’t the best infinite combo that Magic players pull off. That said, how often can you confidently say that you decked out an opponent with a board wipe!? This combo is one for the novelty of it.
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