Tolarian Kraken
Creature — Kraken4/6$0.14
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay . When you do, you may tap or untap target creature.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 85
Tolarian Kraken + Alaundo the Seer + Teferi's Ageless Insight
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite untap of creatures you control
- Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Alaundo does not have summoning sickness. You control a creature that can tap to produce at least {2} mana.
Steps
Activate the mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding at least {2}. Activate Alaundo by tapping it, drawing two cards and exiling a card from your hand, and removing a time counter from all other cards previously exiled with this ability. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {2}, untapping Alaundo and the mana-producing creature. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Unctus, Grand Metatect
- Infinite looting
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a creature without summmoning sickness that can tap to produce at least {1}.
Steps
If the mana-producing permanent is not blue, activate Unctus by paying {U/P}, causing the creature to become a blue artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn. Activate the creature by tapping it, adding at least {1}. The creature triggers, causing you to loot. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {1} to untap the mana-producing creature. Repeat from step 2.
Tolarian Kraken + Alaundo the Seer + Thought Reflection
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite untap of creatures you control
- Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Alaundo does not have summoning sickness. You control a creature that can tap to produce at least {2} mana.
Steps
Activate the mana-producing creature by tapping it, adding at least {2}. Activate Alaundo by tapping it, drawing two cards and exiling a card from your hand, and removing a time counter from all other cards previously exiled with this ability. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {2}, untapping Alaundo and the mana-producing creature. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Arcanis the Omnipotent + Palladium Myr
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Palladium Myr by tapping it, adding {C}{C}. Activate Arcanis's first ability by tapping it, causing you to draw three cards. Tolarian Kraken triggers three times. Resolve the first two triggers, causing you to pay {2} to untap Arcanis and Palladium Myr. Resolve the last Tolarian Kraken trigger, choosing not to pay. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Selvala, Explorer Returned
- Near-infinite card draw for all players
- Near-infinite green mana
- Near-infinite lifegain
- Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Selvala does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Selvala by tapping it, causing each player to reveal the top card of their library, then causing you to add {G} and gain 1 life for each nonland card revealed this way, then causing each player to draw a card. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {1} to untap Selvala. Repeat. NOTE: If everyone would happen to reveal a land, Selvala makes no mana, and therefore you will need to supplement mana to pay for Tolarian Kraken's trigger if you have no mana in your mana pool.
Tolarian Kraken + Gran-Gran + Relic of Legends
- Infinite looting
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Relic of Legends' second ability by tapping Gran-Gran, adding {1} Gran-Gran triggers, causing you to loot. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {1} to untap Gran-Gran. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Gran-Gran + Paradise Mantle
- Infinite looting
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Gran-Gran by tapping it, adding {1}. Gran-Gran triggers, causing you to loot. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {1} to untap Gran-Gran. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Arcanis the Omnipotent + Gyre Engineer
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Gyre Engineer by tapping it, adding {G}{U}. Activate Arcanis's first ability by tapping it, causing you to draw three cards. Tolarian Kraken triggers three times. Resolve the first two triggers, causing you to pay {2} to untap Arcanis and Gyre Engineer. Resolve the last Tolarian Kraken trigger, choosing not to pay. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Gran-Gran + Honor-Worn Shaku
- Infinite looting
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Honor-Worn Shaku's second ability by tapping Gran-Gran, adding {C} Gran-Gran triggers, causing you to loot. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay {1} to untap Gran-Gran. Repeat.
Tolarian Kraken + Arcanis the Omnipotent + Ilysian Caryatid
- Infinite card draw
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Ilysian Caryatid by tapping it, adding {2}. Activate Arcanis's first ability by tapping it, causing you to draw three cards. Tolarian Kraken triggers three times. Resolve the first two triggers, causing you to pay {2} to untap Arcanis and Ilysian Caryatid. Resolve the last Tolarian Kraken trigger, choosing not to pay. 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.
- Kiora, Sovereign of the DeepTolarian Kraken is a Kraken, which Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep can use.
- Kenessos, Priest of ThassaTolarian Kraken is a Kraken, which Kenessos, Priest of Thassa can use.
- Aang and KataraTolarian Kraken untaps your creatures, which Aang and Katara can use because it cares how many of your creatures are tapped, though the fit is only partial.