Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Izzet Chronarch

4-card combo · UBR

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates near-infinite mana, storm count, and looting in Grixis by bouncing Izzet Chronarch to recur both spells every cycle.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.78

Color identity

UBR

Popularity

3 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten blinks Izzet Chronarch each time a noncreature spell resolves; Izzet Chronarch's enter-the-battlefield trigger returns the other spell to hand, keeping the loop alive. Dark Ritual provides the black mana, Frantic Search untaps the lands and loots twice to filter through the deck, and every pass nets magecraft and draw triggers for anything watching. This combo lives in Grixis spellslinger shells — Niv-Mizzet, Parun, Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge, or any storm-adjacent commander that already wants Frantic Search in the 99.

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 Izzet Chronarch.
When Izzet Chronarch 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 Izzet Chronarch.
When Izzet Chronarch 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

Izzet Chronarch is the weakest link — Archaeomancer or Salvager of Secrets do the same job for the same mana cost and are easier to find. The loop produces near-infinite black mana but not infinite colored mana for X-spells, so pair it with Grapeshot or Aetherflux Reservoir as the closer rather than a mana sink.

Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Izzet Chronarch

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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