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Alaundo the Seer + Chakram Retriever + Cyclical Evolution + Inspiring Refrain + Reality Strobe
Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costsMass Land DenialNear-infinite card drawNear-infinite draw triggersNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite storm countNear-infinitely large creatures until end of turnReturn most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand
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How it works
Prerequisites
- Cyclical Evolution in exile with three time counters on it.
- Inspiring Refrain in exile with two time counters on it.
- Reality Strobe in exile with one time counter on it.
- Alaundo the Seer does not have summoning sickness.
- It is your turn.
Steps
- Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
- Reality Strobe triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
- Resolve Reality Strobe, returning a permanent to its owner's hand, then exiling Reality Strobe with three time counters on it.
- Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
- Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
- Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and then exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
- Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each card you own in exile.
- Cyclical Evolution triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
- Resolve Cyclical Evolution, giving target creature +3/+3 until end of turn and then exiling Cyclical Evolution with three time counters on it.
- Repeat.
Effects
- Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs
- Mass Land Denial
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite magecraft triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn
- Return most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Ruthless tier?
1–2 · Exhibition & Core
Spellbook classifies this as Ruthless — not for these brackets.
3 · Upgraded
Spellbook classifies this as Ruthless — not for these brackets.
4–5 · Optimized & cEDH
All combos are allowed.