Stations, Please!

Green/White/Blue Artifacts and Infinite Combos

“Stations Mural” by Steve Tappin and Greg Staples

Stations, Please! is a mechanical marvel of moving parts, precisely calibrated to perform each task with the maximum number of steps possible. Pay close attention and try to follow along …

(With apologies to Rube Goldberg).

Combos

Infinite Damage: Cauldron of Souls + Dross Scorpion + Triskelion

  • Result: Infinite damage. Infinite LTB triggers. Infinite ETB triggers. Infinite death triggers.
  • Requires: All permanents on the battlefield. Cauldron of Souls untapped.
  • Steps: Tap Cauldron of Souls to give all creatures you control Persist.
  • Remove all but one counter from Triskelion, dealing damage to any target.
  • Remove the last counter on Triskelion to target Triskelion, killing it.
  • Dross Scorpion triggers, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
  • Triskelion reenters the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter, which is canceled out by one of its +1/+1 counters. Repeat. If you control Melira, Sylvok Outcast, your creatures receive no -1/-1 counters.

Infinite Mill: Salvaging Station + Flayer Husk + Grinding Station

  • Result: Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite mill. Infinite death triggers.
  • Requires: All permanents on the battlefield. Flayer Husk equipped to the Germ token.
  • Steps: Tap Grinding Station and sacrifice Flayer Husk, milling target opponent for 3.
  • The Germ dying will trigger Salvaging Station to untap it.
  • Tap Salvaging Station, returning Flayer Husk to play.
  • When it enters it will trigger Grinding Station to untap, creating another Germ equipped with Flayer Husk because of Living Weapon. Repeat.

Infinite Damage: Blasting Station + Renegade Rallier + Saffi Eriksdotter

  • Result: Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite death triggers. Infinite damage to opponents.
  • Requires: Access to the graveyard, creature and artifact abilities. All permanents on the battlefield.
  • Steps: Use Saffi’s ability, sacrificing itself, targeting Renegade Rallier.
  • Tap Blasting Station, sacrificing Renegade Rallier to ping one opponent.
  • Renegade Rallier returns to the battlefield from Saffi’s delayed trigger, also untapping Blasting Station.
  • Using Renegade Rallier’s ETB ability, target Saffi and return Saffi to play.
  • Repeat steps 2-5 pinging each opponent to death.

Infinite Land: Prototype Portal + Clock of Omens + Grinding Station + any artifact land

  • Result: Infinite landfall triggers. Infinite tapped land tokens.
  • Requires: Ancient Den exiled by Prototype Portal. All other permanents on the battlefield.
  • Steps: Activate Prototype Portal by paying 0 and tapping it, creating a copy of Ancient Den.
  • The Ancient Den token enters, triggering Grinding Station, untapping Grinding Station.
  • Activate Clock of Omens by tapping the Ancient Den token and Grinding Station, untapping Prototype Portal. Repeat.

Infinite Damage: Blasting Station + Grinding Station + Salvaging Station + Summoning Station

  • Result: Infinite damage. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite death triggers. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite mill. Infinite self-mill.
  • Requires: All permanents on the battlefield. You have a non-creature artifact card in your graveyard with mana value one or less.
  • Steps: Activate Salvaging Station by tapping it, returning any non-creature artifact with mana value one or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  • The artifact enters the battlefield, triggering Grinding Station, untapping Grinding Station.
  • Activate Grinding Station by tapping it and sacrificing the artifact.
  • NOTE: If you use Power Depot, trigger Modular and move the counter to an artifact creature (see Triskelion combo above).
  • NOTE: If you use Origin, Horizon, or Flight Spellbomb, you may pay to draw a card.
  • Summoning Station triggers, untapping itself.
  • Resolve the Grinding Station ability, causing target player to mill three cards.
  • Activate Summoning Station by tapping it, creating a 2/2 Pincher creature token.
  • The Pincher enters the battlefield, triggering Blasting Station, untapping Blasting Station.
  • Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing the Pincher.
  • The Pincher dies, triggering Salvaging Station, untapping Salvaging Station.
  • Resolve the Blasting Station ability, dealing one damage to any target. Repeat.

Creatures (22)

  • 1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
  • 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Renegade Rallier
  • 2 Evolution Sage
  • 2 Reclamation Sage
  • 2 Incubation Druid
  • 2 Eternal Witness
  • 2 Thrummingbird
  • 2 Dross Scorpion
  • 2 Plague Myr
  • 2 Monoskelion
  • 1 Triskelion

Artifacts (22)

  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Cauldron of Souls
  • 1 Contagion Clasp
  • 2 Clock of Omens
  • 2 Prototype Portal
  • 2 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Summoning Station
  • 1 Salvaging Station
  • 1 Aether Spellbomb
  • 1 Flight Spellbomb
  • 1 Horizon Spellbomb
  • 1 Lifespark Spellbomb
  • 1 Origin Spellbomb
  • 1 Sunbeam Spellbomb
  • 1 Servo Schematic
  • 1 Flayer Husk

Lands (23)

(I like Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty artwork for the basic lands)

  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 2 Razortide Bridge
  • 2 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 2 Thornglint Bridge
  • 2 Power Depot
  • 4 Forest
  • 4 Plains
  • 4 Island

Tokens

  • 0/0 Black Germ
  • 1/1 Colorless Myr
  • 1/1 Colorless Servo