Confessor
Creature — Human Cleric1/1$0.27
Whenever a player discards a card, you may gain 1 life.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 4
Confessor + Drogskol Reaver
- Infinite looting
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have more cards in hand than your maximum hand size.
Steps
During your cleanup step, discard down to your maximum hand size. Confessor triggers for each card discarded this way. Resolve the first Confessor trigger, causing you to gain 1 life. Drogskol Reaver triggers, causing you to draw a card. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until no Confessor triggers remain. Since you are still in the cleanup step, you must discard down to your maximum hand size again, repeating from step 1. End the loop by declining to gain life with the remaining Confessor abilities.
Confessor + Veinwitch Coven + Skirge Familiar
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one creature card in hand.
Steps
Activate Skirge Familiar by discarding a creature card, adding {B}. Confessor triggers, causing you to gain 1 life. Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return the creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Confessor + Oloro, Ageless Ascetic + Skirge Familiar
- Infinite rummaging
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
- Near-infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one card in hand.
Steps
Activate Skirge Familiar by discarding a card, adding {B}. Confessor triggers, causing you to gain 1 life. Oloro triggers, causing you to pay {1} to draw a card and cause each opponent to lose 1 life. Repeat.
Confessor + Veinwitch Coven + Mind Over Matter
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one creature card in hand. You control a permanent that can tap to produce at least {B}.
Steps
Activate a mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {B}. Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a creature card. Confessor triggers, causing you to gain 1 life. Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return the creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve the Mind over Matter ability, untapping the mana-producing permanent. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Minwu, White MageConfessor gains you life, which Minwu, White Mage can use.
- Heliod, Sun-CrownedConfessor gains you life, which Heliod, Sun-Crowned can use.
- Haliya, Guided by LightConfessor gains you life, which Haliya, Guided by Light can use.
- The GafferConfessor gains you life, which The Gaffer can use.
- Aerith GainsboroughConfessor gains you life, which Aerith Gainsborough can use.
- Celestine, the Living SaintConfessor gains you life, which Celestine, the Living Saint can use.
- Lathiel, the Bounteous DawnConfessor gains you life, which Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn can use.
- Treebeard, Gracious HostConfessor gains you life, which Treebeard, Gracious Host can use.
- Astarion, the DecadentConfessor gains you life, which Astarion, the Decadent can use.
- Karlov of the Ghost CouncilConfessor gains you life, which Karlov of the Ghost Council can use.