Escape Protocol
Scholar of the Ages
Turnabout
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Turnabout in hand. | |
| Escape Protocol and Scholar of the Ages on the battlefield. | |
You have an instant and/or sorcery card in hand with cycling.
Lands you control can tap to produce  plus enough additional mana to cycle the instant/sorcery card in hand. |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least  plus enough mana to pay for the cycling cost of an instant/sorcery card in your hand. |
2 | Cast Turnabout by paying  , untapping all lands you control. |
3 | Activate any instant/sorcery card in your hand's cycling ability by paying its cycling cost and discarding it. |
4 | Escape Protocol triggers, causing you to pay  to blink Scholar of the Ages. |
5 | Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, returning Turnabout and the card with cycling from your graveyard to your hand. |
6 | Resolve the cycling ability from step 2, causing you to draw a card. |
7 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite card draw | |
| Infinite draw triggers | |
| Infinite self-discard triggers | |
| Near-infinite ETB | |
| Near-infinite LTB | |
| Near-infinite magecraft triggers | |
| Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce | |
| Near-infinite storm count | |
| Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand |
Combo Metadata
17
DECKS
0.00%
OF 4537649 ELIGIBLE DECKS
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{ } Commander Bracket Information
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Exhibition and Core
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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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