Pili-Pala + Dual Casting + Dark Ritual

3-card combo · BR

Verdict

No — this loop requires holding priority through a 4-step sequence every iteration and folds the moment Pili-Pala is removed at instant speed.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$18.12

Color identity

Popularity

7 decks

Format

Commander

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The engine casts Dark Ritual, immediately copies it with Dual Casting by tapping Pili-Pala for red mana, then pays 2 colorless to untap Pili-Pala and recover the red to start the loop again — each cycle nets 2 black mana and a magecraft trigger. It is a black-red shell that wants Niv-Mizzet, Parun or Veyran, Voice of Duality to convert those magecraft triggers into a kill. The three-piece dependency and the instant-speed interrupt window make this one of the more fragile infinite-mana lines available to the color pair.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Dark Ritual by paying its mana cost.
Holding priority, activate Pili-Pala by paying and tapping it, copying Dark Ritual.
Resolve the copy of Dark Ritual, adding
Activate Pili-Pala by paying and untapping it, adding
Repeat from step 2.

Result

Infinite black mana; Infinite magecraft triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Pili-Pala pairs cleaner with Grand Architect for infinite colored mana in a blue shell, cutting the stack-manipulation overhead entirely. In black-red, Dualcaster Mage plus Twinflame is a faster two-card win that does not require holding priority mid-cast. If this list is committed to Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual is a tighter swap that hits threshold faster and keeps the storm count climbing.

Pili-Pala + Dual Casting + Dark Ritual

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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