Archangel of Thune

Bracket

• B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Walking Ballista, Spike Feeder, Triskelion, Shalai and Hallar, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute, Deathbringer Thoctar, The Great Goblin
• B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Walking Ballista, Spike Feeder, Triskelion, Shalai and Hallar, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute, Deathbringer Thoctar, The Great Goblin
• B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Walking Ballista, Spike Feeder, Triskelion, Shalai and Hallar, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute, Deathbringer Thoctar, The Great Goblin
• B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
• B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

• Two-card combo with Walking Ballista, Spike Feeder, Triskelion, Shalai and Hallar, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute, Deathbringer Thoctar, The Great Goblin (early with Walking Ballista, Spike Feeder, Triskelion, Shalai and Hallar, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute, Deathbringer Thoctar, The Great Goblin)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

347 known combos, 7 of them two-card.

• Archangel of Thune + Walking Ballista
  Produces: Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
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• Spike Feeder + Archangel of Thune
  Produces: Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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• Archangel of Thune + Triskelion
  Produces: Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
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Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

• 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
  If a creature you control is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from Archangel of Thune's ability in time to save it.
• 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
  In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
• 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
  If you gain an amount of life “for each” of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability triggers only once.
• 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
  Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, the ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast