Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  Temporal Extortion and Repay in Kind in hand.
  2.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. An opponent cannot block and kill Varragoth.
  2. Canal Dredger does not have summoning sickness.

Mana Needed

  1. ({6} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Unspeakable Symbol as many times as possible by paying all but 1 life, putting +1/+1 counters on creatures you control Cast Repay in Kind by paying ({5} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  , causing all life totals to become 1.
  2. Cast Temporal Extortion by paying ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  3. If an opponent pays 1 life to counter it, that opponent's life total becomes 0, they lose the game, and you skip the next step.
  4. Otherwise, resolve Temporal Extortion, gaining an extra turn.
  5. Activate Canal Dredger by tapping it, putting Temporal Extortion from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.
  6. Declare Varragoth as an attacker.
  7. Activate Varragoth's Boast ability by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  , searching your library for Temporal Extortion and putting on top of your library.
  8. Go to your next turn.
  9. Draw Temporal Extortion in your draw step.
  10. Repeat from step 7.

Results

  1. On each of your turns, you take an extra turn unless an opponent chooses to lose the game.

Metadata

  1. This combo produces a lock.
  2. In 1 deck according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Spicy (Bracket 3-4+).



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