Displacer Kitten + The One Ring + Sensei's Divining Top + Ballad of the Black Flag

4-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — once Ballad of the Black Flag's fourth chapter fires, this 4-card loop draws the entire library at zero mana cost.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$45.97

Color identity

Popularity

16 decks

Format

Commander

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Ballad of the Black Flag's lore counter payoff reduces Sensei's Divining Top's cost to zero; every cast triggers Displacer Kitten, which blinks The One Ring to reset its burden counters and restore its draw ability. The loop cycles Top back to hand via its own tap ability, redraws it from The One Ring, and repeats indefinitely — a mono-blue spellslinger or superfriends shell running all four pieces closes the game from there.

How it works

Prerequisites

Ballad of the Black Flag's fourth chapter ability has triggered this turn

Steps

Cast Sensei's Divining Top by paying .
Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking The One Ring.
Activate Sensei's Divining Top's second ability by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and put Sensei's Divining Top from the battlefield onto the top of your library.
Activate The One Ring by tapping it, putting a burden counter on it and causing you to draw Sensei's Divining Top from your library.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Displacer Kitten pairs with any free or reduced spell and a draw engine, so Mystic Sanctuary or Turnabout can patch the line if Top is under a Stony Silence effect. The loop generates storm count but no mana, so the natural closer is Brain Freeze, Thassa's Oracle, or Laboratory Maniac after emptying the library — the kill needs to be in hand before the loop begins.

Displacer Kitten + The One Ring + Sensei's Divining Top + Ballad of the Black Flag

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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