the front side of Niko, Light of Hope
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Timestream Navigator
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Y'shtola Rhul
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, U

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Niko without summoning sickness).

Easy Prerequisites

  1. You control a Shard that doesn't have summoning sickness.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You have the city's blessing.

Mana Needed

  1. ({4} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   each turn available.

Steps

  1. Activate Niko by paying ({2} magic symbol)   and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
  2. Activate a Shard by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  3. At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Y'shtola Rhul then triggers, blinking Niko.
  4. When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
  5. Repeat each turn.

Results

  1. Infinite turns.

Metadata

  • Lock
Bracket tag
RuthlessBracket 4+

For competitive decks at brackets 4+

Bracket tags are estimated from the cards and results of each combo, as a guideline rather than a strict classification.

What the tags mean →Commander brackets ↗

What raises the bracket

Popularity
20
decks on EDHREC
View on EDHREC ↗
Variants
17
variants of this combo
Show all →
Salt
Too few votes

How unfun this combo is to play against, from 0 to 4, as voted by Commander Spellbook users. Scores are refreshed every couple of hours.

Your vote

Vote on more combos →

Variants of this combo

    Loading...
    footer