Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier3/3$4.36
, : Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery. , : Create five tokens that are copies of another target creature you control. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 60
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Terror of the Peaks
- Near-infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Terror the Peaks. When the Terror of the Peaks tokens enter, the nontoken Terror of the Peaks triggers five times, and each Terror of the Peaks token triggers four times. Resolve all Terror of the Peaks triggers, dealing 125 damage divided among a maximum of 25 targets.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Fanatic of Mogis
- Near-infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Orthion does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Fanatic of Mogis. Each Fanatic of Mogis enters the battlefield, triggering their abilities. Resolve the first trigger, dealing damage equal to your devotion to red to each opponent. Repeat step 3 for each remaining trigger.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Orthion does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Gray Merchant of Asphodel. Each Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, triggering their abilities. Resolve the first trigger, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black, and causing you to gain that much life. Repeat step 3 for each remaining trigger.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Craterclaw Colossus
- Near-infinitely powerful creatures you control until end of turn
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Craterclaw Colossus. When the Craterclaw Colossus tokens enter, they each trigger. Resolve a Craterclaw Colossus trigger, giving each creature you control +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Repeat step 3 for the remaining triggers.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Scourge of Valkas
- Near-infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Scourge of Valkas. When the Scourge of Valkas tokens enter, each Scourge of Valkas triggers five times. Resolve all Scourge of Valkas triggers, dealing at least 180 damage divided among a maximum of 30 targets.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Village Bell-Ringer
- Infinite creature tokens with haste
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite copies of creatures you control with haste
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Orthion does not have summoning sickness. Creatures you control can tap to produce at least {1}{R}.
Steps
Activate any number of creatures by tapping them, adding at least {1}{R}. Activate Orthion's first ability by paying {1}{R} and tapping it, creating a token copy of Village Bell-Ringer with haste. When the Village Bell-Ringer token enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping all creatures you control. Repeat.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Be'lakor, the Dark Master
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite damage
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Orthion does not have summoning sickness. Opponents have a collective life total of 150 or less, or your deck size is equal to or greater than 5 times the number of Demons you control and your life total is equal to or greater than that number plus one.
Steps
Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, creating five token copies of Be'lakor. Put all the Be'lakor tokens into your graveyard due to the legend rule. Each Be'lakor token's first ability triggers, the nontoken Be'lakor's second ability triggers five times, and each Be'lakor token's second ability triggers four times. Resolve the nontoken Be'lakor triggers, dealing 30 damage to up to 5 targets. Resolve all the Be'lakor tokens' second abilities, dealing 120 damage to up to 20 targets. If needed, resolve all the Be'lakor tokens' first abilities, causing you to draw five cards for each Demon you control and lose that much life.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Timestream Navigator
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have the city's blessing and/or control nine or more permanents. Orthion does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Orthion by paying {1}{R} and tapping it, creating a token copy of Timestream Navigator with haste. If you don't have the city's blessing, the Timestream Navigator token gives you the city's blessing. Activate the Timestream Navigator token by paying {2}{U}{U}, tapping it and putting it on the bottom of your library from the battlefield, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. Repeat each turn.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Dynaheir, Invoker Adept + Kelpie Guide
- Infinite untap of permanents you control
- Infinite copies of creatures you control with haste
- Infinite creature tokens with haste
- Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a mana-producing permanent that can tap to produce at least {R}.
Steps
Activate Dynaheir by tapping it, copying the next non-mana ability you activate this turn that costs four or more mana. Activate Kelpie Guide's first ability by tapping it, untapping Dynaheir. Activate Dynaheir by tapping it, copying the next non-mana ability you activate this turn that costs four or more mana. Activate Orthion's second ability by paying {6}{R}{R}{R} and tapping it, targeting Kelpie Guide. Dynaheir triggers twice, copying Orthion's ability twice. Resolve all Orthion triggers, creating fifteen token copies of Kelpie Guide with haste. Activate a Kelpie Guide's first ability by tapping it, untapping a permanent that can tap to produce at least {R}. Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {R}. Repeat from step 7 until you have at least {6}{R}{R}{R} available. Activate two Kelpie Guides' first abilities by tapping them, untapping Dynaheir and Orthion. Repeat. Once you have infinite Kelpie Guide tokens, you can use them to get infinite mana, and then activate Orthion targeting any other creature(s) you control.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Intruder Alarm
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite untap of creatures
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Orthion does not have summoning sickness. Creatures you control can tap to produce at least {1}{R}.
Steps
Activate all mana-producing creatures you control by tapping them, adding at least {1}{R}. Activate Orthion's first ability by paying {1}{R} and tapping it, creating a token copy of any other creature you control with haste. When the creature token enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures. Repeat. If creatures you control can tap to produce at least {2}{R}, this combo nets infinite mana.
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.
- Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of OrderOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink taps your creatures, which Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order can use because it cares how many of your creatures are tapped. Plargg, Dean of Chaos // Augusta, Dean of Order untaps your creatures and Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink taps your creatures.
- Sami, Ship's EngineerOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink taps your creatures, which Sami, Ship's Engineer can use because it cares how many of your creatures are tapped.
- Éomer, Marshal of RohanÉomer, Marshal of Rohan untaps your creatures and Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink taps your creatures.
- Commander MustardOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Soldier, which Commander Mustard can use because it gives your Soldiers abilities.
- Éowyn, ShieldmaidenOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Éowyn, Shieldmaiden can use because it wants you to control a Human.
- Théoden, King of RohanOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Théoden, King of Rohan can use because it triggers when a Human enters.
- Winota, Joiner of ForcesOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Winota, Joiner of Forces can use because it puts Humans onto the battlefield.
- Éomer, King of RohanOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Éomer, King of Rohan can use because it counts your Humans.
- Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight ScourgeOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge can use because it counts your Humans.
- Erkenbrand, Lord of WestfoldOrthion, Hero of Lavabrink is a Human, which Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold can use because it triggers when a Human enters.