Minion of the Wastes
Creature — Minion*/*$0.79
Trample As this creature enters, pay any amount of life. Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered.
Legal in Commander
Is
Combos 3
Minion of the Wastes + Inscription of Abundance + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
- Near-infinitely large creature
- Target opponent loses the game
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is greater than an opponent's.
Steps
Cast Minion of the Wastes by paying {3}{B}{B}{B}, choosing to pay an amount of life equal to an opponent's life total as it enters the battlefield. Cast Inscription of Abundance by paying {1}{G}, causing you to gain life equal to Minion of the Wastes' power. Vito triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the life you gained this way. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Minion of the Wastes + Inscription of Abundance + Sanguine Bond
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
- Near-infinitely large creature
- Target opponent loses the game
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is greater than an opponent's.
Steps
Cast Minion of the Wastes by paying {3}{B}{B}{B}, choosing to pay an amount of life equal to an opponent's life total as it enters the battlefield. Cast Inscription of Abundance by paying {1}{G}, causing you to gain life equal to Minion of the Wastes' power. Sanguine Bond triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the life you gained this way. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Minion of the Wastes + Mayael's Aria
- Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is at least twenty.
Steps
Cast Minion of the Wastes by paying {3}{B}{B}{B}. Choose to pay nineteen life as Minion of the Wastes enters the battlefield, causing it to be a 19/19 creature. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Mayael's Aria triggers, causing you to put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control, gain ten life, and win the game.
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.
- Balthor the DefiledMinion of the Wastes is a Minion, which Balthor the Defiled can use.