Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Archaeomancer

4-card combo · UB

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates near-infinite mana, looting, and storm count in any Dimir shell that can assemble the pieces.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$2.03

Color identity

Popularity

1,006 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten blinks Archaeomancer every time a noncreature spell resolves, so casting Dark Ritual and Frantic Search in alternation creates a self-sustaining loop: each spell recurs the other through Archaeomancer's enters-the-battlefield trigger, while Frantic Search untaps the lands that pay the loop's blue costs. The table sees a kitten and a wizard doing nothing until the turn it goes off — then the whole library is looting itself.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control up to three lands that can tap to produce at least .

Steps

Cast Dark Ritual by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Frantic Search from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve Dark Ritual, adding .
Activate up to three lands by tapping them, adding at least .
Cast Frantic Search by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Dark Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve Frantic Search, causing you to loot twice and untap up to three lands.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite black mana; Near-infinite untap of lands you control

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Mnemonic Wall substitutes for Archaeomancer as a direct upgrade if evasion matters less than the trigger; the loop is otherwise identical. The engine generates near-infinite storm count and black mana but needs a closer — Thassa's Oracle on the draw stack, Grapeshot, or Brain Freeze finishes the game once the library is exhausted.

Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Archaeomancer

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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