Initial Card State
- All permanents on the battlefield.
Notable Prerequisites
- There and Back Again has exactly two lore counters on it.
- You control a Smaug token, or you control five additional artifacts.
Mana Needed
- ({1} magic symbol)
({BP} magic symbol)
the first turn, with ({1} magic symbol)
({BP} magic symbol)
available the second turn if you do not control a Smaug token available.
Steps
- At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it, triggering its third chapter ability.
- Holding priority, activate Hex Parasite by paying ({1} magic symbol)
({BP} magic symbol)
, removing a lore counter from There and Back Again, and giving Hex Parasite +1/+0 until end of turn. - Resolve the There and Back Again ability, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token.
- If you control two Smaugs, put one into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- If a Smaug dies this way, it triggers, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
- Activate Time Sieve by tapping it and sacrificing five other artifacts, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Repeat each turn.
Bracket Tag
This combo has been estimated to be Ruthless (Bracket 4+).