Lotus Cobra

Bracket

• B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
• B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
• B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

• No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

228 known combos.

• Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra
  Produces: Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
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• Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra
  Produces: Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
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• Shifting Woodland + Aftermath Analyst + Lotus Cobra + Sylvan Safekeeper
  Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them   on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
• 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
  Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them   on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
• 2020-09-25 · Wizards of the Coast
  Lotus Cobra's ability uses the stack and players may respond to it. It isn't a mana ability because the event that causes it to trigger isn't a mana ability.
• 2017-11-17 · Wizards of the Coast
  Lotus Cobra's ability isn't a mana ability. Opponents may respond to it before you have that mana.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast