Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Returned Pastcaller

4-card combo · WUBR

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates near-infinite storm count, infinite looting, and near-infinite black mana across a blue-black shell.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$40.82

Color identity

WUBR

Popularity

0 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten blinks Returned Pastcaller on every noncreature spell cast; each blink returns the other spell from the graveyard to hand, alternating Dark Ritual and Frantic Search in a self-sustaining loop. Dark Ritual funds Frantic Search, Frantic Search untaps the lands that let Dark Ritual fire again, and every cycle draws two cards while filling the graveyard. Spellslinger commanders that already want Displacer Kitten — Niv-Mizzet, Parun; Veyran, Voice of Duality — have the easiest time assembling this, since Frantic Search is already a staple cantrip in those lists.

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 Returned Pastcaller.
When Returned Pastcaller 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 Returned Pastcaller.
When Returned Pastcaller 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

Returned Pastcaller is the hardest piece to replace; it specifically recurs instants and sorceries on ETB, and there is no direct swap at the same mana cost. Frantic Search can run alongside other free-or-cheap untap spells if the loop needs redundancy, but the core four are load-bearing. Close the loop with Thassa's Oracle, Grapeshot, or Aetherflux Reservoir — the engine fills the hand and counts spells, the kill is the pilot's call.

Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Returned Pastcaller

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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