Escape Protocol
Scholar of the Ages
Dramatic Reversal
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Dramatic Reversal in hand. | |
| Escape Protocol and Scholar of the Ages on the battlefield. | |
You have an instant and/or sorcery card in hand with cycling.
Nonland permanents 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 nonland mana-producing permanents 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 Dramatic Reversal by paying  , untapping all nonland permanents 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 Dramatic Reversal 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 creature ETB | |
| Near-infinite creature LTB | |
| Near-infinite magecraft triggers | |
| Near-infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce | |
| Near-infinite storm count | |
| Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand |
Combo Metadata
2
DECKS
Rank 54474
MOST PLAYED OF 67548 COMBOS
{ } 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.