Inspiring Refrain
Sorcery · 
Inspiring Refrain is part of 32 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with The Tenth Doctor and Mana Echoes.
Inspiring Refrain
Sorcery
Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
Suspend 3—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
- Mana value
- 6
- Keywords
- Suspend
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Inspiring Refrain across all of its 32 combos.
Roles in combos
Inspiring Refrain can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
Combos with Inspiring Refrain
32 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Alaundo the Seer
Chakram Retriever
Inspiring Refrain
Venture Forth
Reality Strobe
+4 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs
Near-infinite card draw
Near-infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Return most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand
Mass Land Denial
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Alaundo the Seer
Chakram Retriever
Cyclical Evolution
Venture Forth
Inspiring Refrain
+4 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Alaundo the Seer
Chakram Retriever
Cyclical Evolution
Inspiring Refrain
Reality Strobe
+5 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs
Near-infinite card draw
Near-infinite draw triggers
Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Return most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand
Mass Land Denial
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Time Stretch
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Temporal Manipulation
Time Warp
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Capture of Jingzhou
Time Warp
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
The Lost and the Damned
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Capture of Jingzhou
Temporal Manipulation
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Walk the Aeons
Time Warp
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Temporal Manipulation
Walk the Aeons
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Zaffai, Thunder Conductor
Inspiring Refrain
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Inspiring Refrain
Mind Over Matter
Chromatic Orrery
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite card draw
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite looting
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Infinite looting
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Arcane Bombardment
Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug
Capture of Jingzhou
Walk the Aeons
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Rite of the Dragoncaller
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Shark Typhoon
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Third Path Iconoclast
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
The Tenth Doctor
Mana Echoes
Inspiring Refrain
Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite colorless mana
Near-infinite creature tokens
Near-infinite magecraft triggers
