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 4 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 3 plus enough mana to pay for the cycling cost of an instant/sorcery card in your hand.
2
Cast Turnabout by paying 2, 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 1 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
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