Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis, Time Stretch, and Ardent Elementalist

Prerequisites

• Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis on the battlefield
• Time Stretch in hand
• Ardent Elementalist on the battlefield
• each other turn available

Steps

1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The Great Synthesis triggers, putting a lore counter on it
2. Its third chapter ability then triggers, causing you to cast Time Stretch and Ardent Elementalist without paying their mana costs, and then exiling The Great Synthesis and returning it to the battlefield as Jin-Gitaxias
3. Resolve Time Stretch, causing you to take two extra turns after this one
4. Resolve the Ardent Elementalist spell
5. When it enters, it triggers, returning Time Stretch from your graveyard to your hand
6. Activate Jin-Gitaxias by paying , exiling it and returning it to the battlefield as The Great Synthesis
7. When The Great Synthesis enters with a lore counter on it, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand and not have a maximum hand size for the rest of the game
8. Move to your first extra turn
9. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, The Great Synthesis triggers, putting a lore counter on it
10. Its second chapter ability then triggers, returning all non-Phyrexian creatures (including Ardent Elementalist) from the battlefield to their owner's hand
11. Repeat from step 1 during your second extra turn

Results

• Lock
• Near-infinite turns