Escape Protocol
Scholar of the Ages
Temporal Manipulation
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Temporal Manipulation in hand. | |
| Escape Protocol and Scholar of the Ages on the battlefield. | |
| You have an instant and/or sorcery card in hand with cycling. | |
 plus enough mana to cycle the instant/sorcery each turn available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Temporal Manipulation by paying  , causing you to take an extra turn after this one. |
2 | Activate any instant/sorcery card in your hand's cycling ability by paying its cycling cost and discarding it. |
3 | Escape Protocol triggers, causing you to pay  to blink Scholar of the Ages. |
4 | Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, returning Temporal Manipulation and the card with cycling from your graveyard to your hand. |
5 | Resolve the cycling ability from step 2, causing you to draw a card. |
6 | Repeat each turn. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite turns | |
| Lock |
Combo Metadata
4
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{ } Commander Bracket Information
In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2
Exhibition and Core
(no 2-card combos)
Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed
3
Upgraded
(no early game 2-card combos)
Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.
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