the front side of Chthonian Nightmare
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Timeless Witness
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Time Stretch
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, G, U

Initial Card State

  1.  Timeless Witness in your graveyard.
  2.  Chthonian Nightmare and Time Stretch in hand.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control a nontoken creature with mana value 2 or less.
  2. You have at least ({E} magic symbol)  .

Mana Needed

  1. ({8} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   the first turn, with ({10} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   each extra turn available.

Steps

  1. Cast Time Stretch by paying ({8} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  , causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  2. Move to your next turn.
  3. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  4. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  5. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  , sacrificing a creature with mana value 2 or less, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Timeless Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Time Stretch from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  8. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  9. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  , sacrificing Timeless Witness, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  10. Repeat during your second turn.

Notes

  1. You can split the mana costs between the two turns by casting Chthonian Nightmare during the first extra turn and then casting Time Stretch during the second turn. This would split the cost to ({2} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   during odd-numbered extra turns and ({8} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   during even-numbered extra turns.

Results

  1. Infinite turns.

Metadata

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

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Ruthless (Bracket 4+).



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