LEARN THE LOOP

Combo Guidebook.

Iconic combos, one move at a time. Watch the board change, pause on a step, and see why the loop works.

Two guides to start. Each begins with the pieces in place and demonstrates three loops, assuming no interaction.

COMBO 01 Hasty creature tokens

Splinter Twin

Deceiver Exarch + Splinter Twin

One enchanted Exarch becomes a growing army. Follow the tap, copy and untap loop three times.

Start with: Splinter Twin attached to your untapped Deceiver Exarch. The original must be able to tap: no summoning sickness, unless it has haste.
What you get: One extra hasty Exarch per loop. Choose a finite number of repetitions; tokens are exiled at the next end step.

13 steps · 76 seconds · opens in Misplay’s player

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COMBO 02 Repeatable colorless mana

Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal

Turn your mana rocks into an engine. Track the mana pool as each pass through the loop earns three more.

Start with: Dramatic Reversal already imprinted on Isochron Scepter; Scepter, Sol Ring and Thran Dynamo untapped on your battlefield.
What you get: Net +3 colorless mana per loop in this example. You need nonland mana sources producing more than 2 total to increase your pool.

19 steps · 106 seconds · opens in Misplay’s player

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