Prerequisites
- Transcendence in hand
- Stunning Reversal in exile
- Elite Arcanist on the battlefield
- Mind Over Matter on the battlefield
- Laboratory Maniac in hand or in the graveyard or in the library
- Betrayal of Flesh in hand or in the library
- Elite Arcanist does not have summoning sickness
- You have at least 20 life
- You control a land that can tap to add
- NOTE: This combo could fail if your library size is not a multiple of seven and a combo piece is near the bottom, but this risk is easily minimized mid-combo by tutors or library size manipulation
- available
Steps
- Pay to cast Transcendence
- Transcendence's second ability triggers
- In response, pay and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost
- Resolve the Transcendence ability modified by Stunning Reversal's replacement effect, drawing seven cards and lowering your life total to 1
- Transcendence's last ability triggers
- In response, discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter, untapping Elite Arcanist
- Discard a card to activate Mind Over Matter again, untapping a land you control
- Tap that land to add
- Repeat steps 7 and 8 at least four additional times, resulting in at least available
- Resolve Transcendence's ability, gaining at least 38 life
- Repeat steps 2 through 10 until there are six or fewer cards remaining in your library, Laboratory Maniac is in your graveyard, and Betrayal of Flesh is in your hand
- Transcendence's second ability triggers
- In response, pay to cast Betrayal of Flesh, returning Laboratory Maniac from your graveyard to the battlefield
- Pay and tap Elite Arcanist to activate it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost
- Resolve the Transcendence ability modified by Stunning Reversal's and Laboratory Maniac's replacement effects, winning the game
Results
- Near-infinite card draw
- Near-infinite looting
- Near-infinite self-discard triggers
- Near-infinite untap of artifacts, creatures, or lands
- Win the game
Required Cards 6
Elite Arcanist
Creature — Human Wizard
Mind Over Matter
Enchantment
Laboratory Maniac
Creature — Human Wizard