Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Shipwreck Dowser

4-card combo · UB

Verdict

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

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$5.57

Color identity

Popularity

39 decks

Format

Commander

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Displacer Kitten blinks Shipwreck Dowser every time a noncreature spell resolves, and Dowser returns the other spell from the graveyard to hand on each reentry — Dark Ritual and Frantic Search alternate, with Frantic Search's land-untap refunding the blue mana to cast it again next loop. The combo lives in Dimir spellslinger and storm lists helmed by commanders like Kess, Dissident Mage or Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel, where Mystical Tutor and Solve the Equation fetch whichever piece is missing.

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 Shipwreck Dowser.
When Shipwreck Dowser 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 Shipwreck Dowser.
When Shipwreck Dowser 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

Displacer Kitten is the irreplaceable axis here — the other three slots have substitutes. Any instant or sorcery that draws and untaps lands can stand in for Frantic Search, and Snapcaster Mage can cover Shipwreck Dowser's recursion role at the cost of a second creature slot. The loop doesn't kill on its own; close with Thassa's Oracle on a drawn-out library or Aetherflux Reservoir once storm count climbs.

Displacer Kitten + Frantic Search + Dark Ritual + Shipwreck Dowser

How it works

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