Transcendence | Stunning Reversal | Elite Arcanist
(and three other cards)
Color Identity: W, U, B
Prerequisites
- Betrayal of Flesh in hand or in your library.
- Laboratory Maniac in hand or in your graveyard or in your library.
- Stunning Reversal in exile (Stunning Reversal exiled byElite Arcanist).
- Transcendence in hand.
- Elite Arcanist andMind Over Matter on the battlefield.
- Elite Arcanist does not have summoning sickness.
- You have at least 20 life.
- You control a land that can tap to add ({B} magic symbol) .
- NOTE: This combo could fail if your library size is not a multiple of seven and a combo piece is near the bottom, but this risk is easily minimized mid-combo by tutors or library size manipulation.
- ({7} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) available.
Steps
- Pay ({3} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) to cast Transcendence.
- Transcendence's second ability triggers.
- In response, pay ({4} magic symbol) and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy ofStunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
- Resolve the Transcendence ability modified byStunning Reversal's replacement effect, drawing seven cards and lowering your life total to 1.
- Transcendence's last ability triggers.
- In response, discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter, untappingElite Arcanist.
- Discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter again, untapping a land you control.
- Tap that land to add ({1} magic symbol) .
- Repeat steps 7 and 8 at least four additional times, resulting in at least ({5} magic symbol) available.
- Resolve Transcendence's ability, gaining at least 38 life.
- Repeat steps 2 through 10 until there are six or fewer cards remaining in your library, Laboratory Maniac is in your graveyard, andBetrayal of Flesh is in your hand.
- Transcendence's second ability triggers.
- In response, pay ({5} magic symbol) ({B} magic symbol) to cast Betrayal of Flesh, returningLaboratory Maniac from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Pay ({4} magic symbol) and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy ofStunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
- Resolve the Transcendence ability modified byStunning Reversal's andLaboratory Maniac's replacement effects, winning the game.
Results
- Near-infinite card draw.
- Near-infinite looting.
- Near-infinite self-discard triggers.
- Near-infinite untap of artifacts, creatures, or lands.
- Win the game.
Metadata
- In 0 decks according to EDHREC.
