Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam + Timestream Navigator + Encroaching Mycosynth + Lightning Greaves

4-card combo · U

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card engine locks the table into infinite turns as long as Drafna and Lightning Greaves stay on the battlefield.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$16.64

Color identity

Popularity

9 decks

Format

Commander

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Encroaching Mycosynth makes Timestream Navigator an artifact, so Drafna can copy it mid-cast and bounce the original back to hand before the token ever resolves — keeping the pieces cycling every turn. Lightning Greaves grants haste to Drafna on the first pass and then equips to the token for free, enabling the Navigator activation immediately. Mono-blue Drafna shells built around copying and recurring artifacts find all four pieces naturally through artifact tutors like Reshape or Whir of Invention.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control at least eight permanents and/or have the city's blessing.

Steps

If Drafna has summoning sickness, activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to Drafna.
Cast Timestream Navigator by paying .
Holding priority, activate Drafna's second ability by paying and tapping it, copying Timestream Navigator.
When the Timestream Navigators enter the battlefield, if you do not have the city's blessing, they trigger, giving you the city's blessing.
Activate Drafna's first ability by paying , returning the nontoken Timestream Navigator from the battlefield to your hand.
Activate Lightning Greaves' equip ability by paying , attaching it to the Timestream Navigator token.
Activate the Timestream Navigator token by paying , tapping it and putting it on the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
Repeat from step 2 each turn.

Result

Infinite turns; Lock

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Swiftfoot Boots can replace Lightning Greaves but costs one mana to equip each iteration, which tightens the mana requirement significantly — Lightning Greaves is the correct choice. The combo needs a way to reach eight permanents before the first activation; artifact mana rocks serving double duty as ramp and permanent count filler is the efficient path, not creature-heavy builds.

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam + Timestream Navigator + Encroaching Mycosynth + Lightning Greaves

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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