Volo, Guide to Monsters
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard3/2$0.32
Whenever you cast a creature spell that doesn't share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, copy that spell. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)
Legal in Commander
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Combos 17
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Temur Sabertooth + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least {2}{G}{U}. You have no other Drakes on the battlefield or in your graveyard.
Steps
Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{G}{U}. Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Peregrine Drake. The token Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, untapping up to five lands. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{G}{U}. The nontoken Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, untapping up to five lands. Activate Temur Sabertooth twice by paying {2}{G}{G}, returning the token and nontoken Peregrine Drake from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Palinchron
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least {5}{U}{U}{U}. You have no other Illusions on the battlefield or in your graveyard.
Steps
Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {5}{U}{U}{U}. Cast Palinchron by paying {5}{U}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Palinchron. The token Palinchron enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {5}{U}{U}{U}. The nontoken Palinchron enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands. Activate the token Palinchron by paying {2}{U}{U}, returning it from the battlefield to your hand. Activate the nontoken Palinchron by paying {2}{U}{U}, returning it from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Food Chain + Man-o'-War
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You do not control another Jellyfish or have a Jellyfish in your graveyard.
Steps
Cast Man-o'-War by paying {2}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a copy of the Man-o'-War spell. The Man-o'-War copy enters, triggering itself. Holding priority, activate Food Chain by exiling the Man-o'-War token, adding {U}{U}{U}{U} that can only be spent on creature spells. Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, returning itself to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Mercurial Pretender + Peregrine Drake
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least {3}{U}{U}. You have no other Shapeshifters on the battlefield or in your graveyard.
Steps
Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}. Cast Mercurial Pretender by paying {4}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Mercurial Pretender. The token Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield as a copy of Peregrine Drake, untapping up to five lands. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}. The nontoken Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield as a copy of Peregrine Drake, untapping up to five lands. Activate the nontoken Mercurial Pretender by paying {2}{U}{U}, returning it from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Temur Sabertooth + Great Whale
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least {4}{G}{U}. You have no other Whales on the battlefield or in your graveyard.
Steps
Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}{G}{U}. Cast Great Whale by paying {5}{U}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Great Whale. The token Great Whale enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {4}{G}{U}. The nontoken Great Whale enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands. Activate Temur Sabertooth twice by paying {2}{G}{G}, returning the token and nontoken Great Whale from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Food Chain + Shrieking Drake
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You do not control another Drake or have a Drake in your graveyard. You have another creature card in hand that is not a Drake and that does not share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature in your graveyard. If the additional creature has multiple differently colored mana symbols in its mana cost, an additional mana of each but one of those symbols will be required.
Steps
Cast the additional creature by paying its mana cost. Volo triggers, copying the creature spell. Resolve both creature spells. Activate Food Chain by exiling the creature token, adding at least one mana of any color that can only be spent to cast creature spells. Cast Shrieking Drake by paying {U}. Volo triggers, copying Shrieking Drake. Resolve the copy of the Shrieking Drake spell. When the token Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning a nontoken creature from the battlefield to your hand. Activate Food Chain by exiling the Shrieking Drake token, adding {U}{U} that can only be spent to cast creature spells. Resolve the original Shrieking Drake spell cast in step 5. When the nontoken Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Food Chain + Ancestral Statue
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You do not control another Golem or have a Golem in your graveyard. You have another creature card in hand that is not a Golem and that does not share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature in your graveyard. If the additional creature has multiple differently colored mana symbols in its mana cost, an additional mana of each but one of those symbols will be required.
Steps
Cast the additional creature by paying its mana cost. Volo triggers, copying the creature spell. Resolve both creature spells. Activate Food Chain by exiling the creature token, adding at least one mana of any color that can only be spent to cast creature spells. Cast Ancestral Statue by paying {4}. Volo triggers, copying Ancestral Statue. Resolve the copy of the Ancestral Statue spell. When the token Ancestral Statue enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning a nontoken creature from the battlefield to your hand. Activate Food Chain by exiling the Ancestral Statue token, adding five mana of any color that can only be spent to cast creature spells. Resolve the original Ancestral Statue spell cast in step 5. When the nontoken Ancestral Statue enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Mercurial Pretender + Great Whale
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least {3}{U}{U}. You have no other Shapeshifters on the battlefield or in your graveyard.
Steps
Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}. Cast Mercurial Pretender by paying {4}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Mercurial Pretender. The token Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield as a copy of Great Whale, untapping up to seven lands. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}. The nontoken Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield as a copy of Great Whale, untapping up to seven lands. Activate the nontoken Mercurial Pretender by paying {2}{U}{U}, returning it from the battlefield to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Food Chain + Mist Raven
- Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You do not control another Bird or have a Bird in your graveyard.
Steps
Cast Mist Raven by paying {2}{U}{U}. Volo triggers, creating a copy of the Mist Raven spell. The Mist Raven copy enters the battlefield, triggering itself. Holding priority, activate Food Chain by exiling the Mist Raven token, adding {U}{U}{U}{U}{U} that can only be spent on creature spells. Mist Raven enters the battlefield, returning itself to your hand. Repeat.
Volo, Guide to Monsters + Errant, Street Artist + Intruder Alarm
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Any creature in hand that does not share a creature type with a creature you control or in your graveyard. You control creatures that can tap to add at least {1}{U}. Enough mana available to cast the creature spell.
Steps
Cast a creature spell by paying its mana cost. Volo triggers, copying that spell. Tap creatures to add at least {1}{U}. Pay {1}{U} and tap Errant to activate her, copying the copied creature spell. Let one copy of the creature spell resolve. Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures. Repeat from step 3.
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.
- Adrix and Nev, TwincastersVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens and Adrix and Nev, Twincasters doubles tokens.
- Galadriel, Light of ValinorVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Galadriel, Light of Valinor can use because it rewards having/making creature tokens.
- Ezuri, Claw of ProgressVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Ezuri, Claw of Progress can use because it rewards having/making creature tokens.
- Esix, Fractal BloomVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Esix, Fractal Bloom can use because it rewards having/making creature tokens.
- Leonardo, the BalanceVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Leonardo, the Balance can use because it rewards having/making creature tokens.
- Amareth, the LustrousVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Amareth, the Lustrous can use because it rewards other permanents entering.
- Katilda and LierVolo, Guide to Monsters is a Human, which Katilda and Lier can use.
- Henry Wu, InGen GeneticistVolo, Guide to Monsters is a Human, which Henry Wu, InGen Geneticist can use.
- Rikala, Homarid KingVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens, which Rikala, Homarid King can use because it rewards having/making creature tokens.
- Koma, Cosmos SerpentVolo, Guide to Monsters makes creature tokens and Koma, Cosmos Serpent sacrifices your creatures.