Battered Golem + Banishing Knack + Sol Ring

3-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite colorless mana and infinite storm count for a single blue mana up front.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$293.72

Color identity

Popularity

1,825 decks

Format

Commander

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Banishing Knack turns Battered Golem into a bounce engine; each activation returns Sol Ring to hand, and Sol Ring's recast triggers Battered Golem to untap and do it again. The loop costs 1U to assemble mid-game and lives entirely in blue artifact shells — Sai, Master Thopterist and Urza, Lord High Artificer both want Battered Golem anyway as an untap engine for other artifact-enters triggers.

How it works

Prerequisites

Battered Golem does not have summoning sickness.

Steps

Cast Banishing Knack by paying , targeting Battered Golem.
Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding .
Activate Battered Golem by tapping it, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
Cast Sol Ring by paying .
Sol Ring enters the battlefield, triggering Battered Golem, untapping Battered Golem.
Repeat from step 2.

Result

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Retraction Helix is the direct substitute for Banishing Knack if blue instant slots are contested — same text, same cost, same result. The loop generates infinite storm and infinite colorless but needs a sink; Grapeshot closes on storm count, and Walking Ballista or Thassa's Oracle closes on the infinite mana side.

Battered Golem + Banishing Knack + Sol Ring

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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