How it works
Prerequisites
- An opponent cannot block and kill Varragoth.
- Canal Dredger does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
- 1Activate Kuro by paying 1 life, targeting any creature not used for this combo.
- 2Holding priority, repeat the previous step until you have 1 life remaining.
- 3Resolve all Kuro abilities.
- 4Cast Repay in Kind by paying , causing all life totals to become 1.
- 5Cast Temporal Extortion by paying .
- 6If an opponent pays 1 life to counter it, that opponent's life total becomes 0, they lose the game, and you skip the next step.
- 7Otherwise, resolve Temporal Extortion, gaining an extra turn.
- 8Activate Canal Dredger by tapping it, putting Temporal Extortion from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.
- 9Declare Varragoth as an attacker.
- 10Activate Varragoth's Boast ability by paying , searching your library for Temporal Extortion and putting on top of your library.
- 11Go to your next turn.
- 12Draw Temporal Extortion in your draw step.
- 13Repeat from step 7.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.