Displacer Kitten + Archaeomancer + Cabal Ritual + Dark Ritual

4-card combo · UB

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite black mana and infinite storm count in any blue-black shell that runs both rituals.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$46.14

Color identity

Popularity

854 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten triggers off each ritual cast, blinking Archaeomancer, who returns the other ritual to hand — Dark Ritual nets mana on one loop, Cabal Ritual nets mana on the other, and the two legs together compound into infinite black. The combo lives inside blue-black spellslinger and storm builds, where Cabal Ritual and Dark Ritual are already pulling weight before the Kitten ever hits the table.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Dark Ritual by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Cabal Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve Dark Ritual, adding .
Cast Cabal Ritual by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Dark Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve Cabal Ritual, adding at least .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite black mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Cabal Ritual requires threshold to net beyond one black, so stock the graveyard before the loop or it stalls — Dark Ritual alone can't sustain it. Snap or Mnemonic Wall can sub for Archaeomancer as the recursion body. Finish with Grapeshot off the storm count or dump the black mana into Torment of Hailfire for the table kill.