Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Skullwinder

4-card combo · BGU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates near-infinite mana, looting, and storm count in any Sultai shell that can land all four pieces simultaneously.

Cards required: 4
Cheapest stack total: $63.51
Color identity: BGU
Popularity: 8 decks
Format: Commander

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Displacer Kitten flickers Skullwinder every time a noncreature spell resolves; Skullwinder's enters-the-battlefield trigger alternates between returning Dark Ritual and Frantic Search from the graveyard to hand, keeping both spells in rotation. Each cycle casts Dark Ritual for into three black mana, then Frantic Search for into double loot and three untapped lands — the loop is net-positive on mana and draws the library.

Recipe

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 Skullwinder.
When Skullwinder 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 Skullwinder.
When Skullwinder 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; Target opponent returns some cards in their graveyard to their hand

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Snap replaces Frantic Search as a cheaper untap-two-lands instant if the graveyard recursion is already established elsewhere, though it loses the loot. Any Sultai commander that tutors artifacts — Urza, Lord High Artificer, or Inalla, Archmage Ritualist adjacent shells splashing black — assembles this faster than one built around the Kitten alone; the combo needs a draw outlet or Thassa's Oracle to actually close the game once mana goes infinite.