Elite Arcanist + Dark Ritual + Chromatic Orrery + Freed from the Real

4-card combo · UB

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite black mana and infinite storm count in any blue-black shell that can assemble it.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$44.77

Color identity

Popularity

1 decks

Format

Commander

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Elite Arcanist imprints Dark Ritual, then each activation taps it for a free copy that adds 3 black mana, one of which pays Freed from the Real's 1-mana untap ability and leaves 2 net per cycle. Chromatic Orrery is the prerequisite glue — it lets Elite Arcanist's tap ability produce any color, satisfying Freed from the Real's blue requirement despite the copy producing black. The setup is fragile on two axes: Elite Arcanist is a creature with summoning sickness restrictions, and Freed from the Real is an aura that folds to any enchantment removal.

How it works

Steps

Activate Elite Arcanist's ability by paying and tapping it, casting a copy of Dark Ritual without paying its mana cost.
Resolve Dark Ritual, adding .
Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Elite Arcanist.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite colored mana; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Pemmin's Aura replaces Freed from the Real identically — same blue pip cost, same untap ability, harder to remove only in that it has multiple modes. The loop produces infinite mana and storm but no built-in kill; close with Thassa's Oracle, Aetherflux Reservoir, or any storm payoff already in the 99.

Elite Arcanist + Dark Ritual + Chromatic Orrery + Freed from the Real

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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