Scholar of the Ages + Not Dead After All + Dark Ritual + Viscera Seer

4-card combo · UB

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite black mana, infinite death triggers, and drains the table to zero with Wicked Role life loss.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$6.40

Color identity

Popularity

23 decks

Format

Commander

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Not Dead After All enchants Scholar of the Ages before it gets sacrificed to Viscera Seer; when Scholar dies, it returns itself to the battlefield and creates a Wicked Role token, then its ETB puts Not Dead After All and Dark Ritual back in hand. Dark Ritual funds the next iteration with a net mana surplus, so the loop is self-sustaining and kills each opponent through accumulated Wicked Role triggers without a separate win condition.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Dark Ritual by paying , adding .
Cast Not Dead After All by paying , targeting Scholar of the Ages.
Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Scholar of the Ages.
When Scholar of the Ages dies, it triggers, as well as any Wicked Role tokens that may have been attached to it.
Resolve the Wicked Role trigger(s), if applicable, causing each opponent to lose that much life.
Resolve the Scholar of the Ages trigger, returning itself to the battlefield from your graveyard and creating a Wicked Role token attached to it.
When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Not Dead After All and Dark Ritual to your hand from your graveyard.
Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite black mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Phyrexian Altar replaces Viscera Seer if the scry is irrelevant and colored mana generation is preferred over colorless. Any free or black-mana-positive sac outlet closes the same loop — Carrion Feeder and Bloodthrone Vampire both work. The combo also incidentally returns every instant and sorcery in the graveyard to hand, so any storm piece dumped earlier reloads automatically.

Scholar of the Ages + Not Dead After All + Dark Ritual + Viscera Seer

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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