How it works
Prerequisites
- Elite Arcanist does not have summoning sickness.
- You have at least 20 life.
- You control a land that can tap to add .
- NOTE: This combo could fail if your library size is not a multiple of seven and a combo piece is near the bottom, but this risk is easily minimized mid-combo by tutors or library size manipulation.
Steps
- 1Pay to cast Transcendence.
- 2Transcendence's second ability triggers.
- 3In response, pay and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
- 4Resolve the Transcendence ability modified by Stunning Reversal's replacement effect, drawing seven cards and lowering your life total to 1.
- 5Transcendence's last ability triggers.
- 6In response, discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter, untapping Elite Arcanist.
- 7Discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter again, untapping a land you control.
- 8Tap that land to add .
- 9Repeat steps 7 and 8 at least four additional times, resulting in at least available.
- 10Resolve Transcendence's ability, gaining at least 38 life.
- 11Repeat steps 2 through 10 until there are six or fewer cards remaining in your library, Laboratory Maniac is in your graveyard, and Betrayal of Flesh is in your hand.
- 12Transcendence's second ability triggers.
- 13In response, pay to cast Betrayal of Flesh, returning Laboratory Maniac from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 14Pay and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
- 15Resolve the Transcendence ability modified by Stunning Reversal's and Laboratory Maniac's replacement effects, winning the game.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?