How it works
Prerequisites
- You control at least seven untapped Islands.
Steps
- 1Activate an Island by tapping it, adding .
- 2Cast High Tide by paying , creating a delayed triggered ability that adds whenever an Island is tapped for mana this turn.
- 3Activate four Islands by tapping them, adding .
- 4High Tide's delayed trigger triggers four times, adding an additional .
- 5Cast Scholar of the Ages by paying .
- 6Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, triggering itself, returning High Tide from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Cast High Tide by paying , creating a second delayed triggered ability.
- 8Activate two Islands by tapping them, adding .
- 9High Tide delayed triggers trigger a combined total of four times, adding an additional .
- 10Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying , blinking an Island and Scholar of the Ages.
- 11Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, triggering itself, returning High Tide and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
- 12Repeat from step 7, except that you activate only one Island in step 8 and trigger an increasing number of High Tide delayed triggered abilities in step 9.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?