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Combo Name: Shifting Infinite Mana Submitted By: TheCaptain
Card Name
Type
Cost
P/T
Editions (ordered by release)

Nature's Chosen
 Enchant Creature G Alliances, Uncommon

Shifting Sky
 Enchantment 2U Planeshift, Uncommon

Quicksilver Elemental
 Creature - Elemental 3UU 3/4 Mirrodin, Rare
Estimated Combo Cost: $1.01
Date Posted: Sun May/20/12 at 10:37 pm

TheCaptain
Posts: 909
Joined: 13-Apr-11

Enchant the Elemental with Nature's Chosen, set Shifting Sky to White, and you're good to go. Untap islands to keep activating the Elemental's ability on itself, and you've got infinite mana of any color you could make with your lands.
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 7:05am

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

HOLY SHIT!!! +20 FOR CREATIVITY!!!
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 8:12am

Atogatog
Posts: 125
Joined: 20-Apr-11

how are you getting around the only once each turn on the natures chosen?
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 8:34am

Squillis
Posts: 424
Joined: 20-Nov-08

What other creature is the Elemental gaining the ability of?  It says it gets all the activated abilities of "target creature" and so can't target the enchantment.  The enchantment doesn't give either ability to the enchanted creature but retains it itself, see the oracle wording on it below.  Not even Opalescence can get around this because the enchantment is an aura.

 

Enchant creature you control

0: Untap enchanted creature. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn.

Tap enchanted creature: Untap target artifact, creature, or land. Activate this ability only if enchanted creature is white and is untapped and only once each turn.
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 9:42am

TheCaptain
Posts: 909
Joined: 13-Apr-11

For anyone who doesn't see what I'm doing, I'll explain. I probably should've explained it better when I put it up.

Quicksilver Elemental is enchanted with Nature's Chosen. Because Shifting Sky makes it white, Quicksilver Elemental gets the abilities "0:Untap enchanted creature. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn." and "Tap enchanted creature: Untap target artifact, creature, or land. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn."

Tap an Island, netting you U. Untap the land with Quicksilver's second ability, then untap the Quicksilver using it's first ability. Now those are used up, you can't activate them again. And we won't. Cause there's no rule against copying them.

You'll use the U to activate Quicksilver's natural ability, targeting itself. The rulings on Quicksilver Elemental read "If you make two copies of an ability that can be activated once a turn, you can activate each of them once a turn." That's what we're doing here. Now the Quicksilver has two copies of the Nature's Chosen abilities, one set thats used up, and one that hasn't been used.

So now we've started over, but haven't netted anything. But as we continue to repeat this process, the abilities stack up exponentially. Just because the abilities have been used, doesn't mean they cease to exist. Next time we copy the abilities we get 4 copies, then 8 copies, then 16 copies, then 32 copies. Eventually, we get infinite abilities, which means that Quicksilver can start actually using them to untap any lands you have to fill up your mana pool, THUS giving you infinite mana of any color you create.
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 4:29pm

Atogatog
Posts: 125
Joined: 20-Apr-11

neither of those abilities are passed onto the creature they are the abilities of natures chosen so I don't think you could copy them
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 6:06pm

TheCaptain
Posts: 909
Joined: 13-Apr-11

Atogatog, you may very well be right. I'm trying to find a distinction between the aura cards that say enchanted creature has "ability", and those that just seem to possess an ability of their own. It may be something that exists just because the card is old. I just looked up the cards and other people have apparently noticed an interaction between Quicksilver Elemental and Nature's Chosen as well on some other sites, so I might guess then that it would work? But you propose a very good point.
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 7:07pm

DyingJester
Posts: 1771
Joined: 16-Dec-08

Ouch...this hurt my brain...
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 8:18pm

gericault5
Posts: 2788
Joined: 13-Oct-09

Captain

Atog is right.  The rule in question is 112.1

An ability is a characteristic an object has that lets it affect the game. An object’s abilities are defined by its rules text or by the effect that created it. Abilities can also be granted to objects by rules or effects. (Effects that do so use the words “has,” “have,” “gains,” or “gain.”)

Since nature's chosen lacks one of those 4 words quicksilver doesn't gain the abilities
Date Posted: Mon May/21/12 at 8:42pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

shady errata, me no like u. . . rawr. . .



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