Carth the Lion + Liliana Vess + Nexus of Fate + Quantum Misalignment
How it works
- Cast Quantum Misalignment by paying 4, creating a nonlegendary copy of Carth the Lion and exiling Quantum Misalignment.
- Cast Nexus of Fate by paying 5, causing you to take an extra turn after this one and shuffle Nexus of Fate into your library.
- Activate Liliana Vess's second loyalty ability by removing zero loyalty counters from it, searching your library for Nexus of Fate, then shuffling your library and putting it on top.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast Quantum Misalignment from exile without paying its mana cost, targeting anything.
- In your next draw step, draw Nexus of Fate.
- Repeat from step 2, skipping step 4.
This ingenious setup revolves around supercharging your planeswalkers with Carth the Lion, whose static ability crucially reduces the loyalty cost of every ability by one—allowing Liliana Vess to execute her Demonic Tutor-like minus-two ability without actually spending any loyalty counters at all. With Liliana free to continuously tutor Nexus of Fate directly to the top of your library for easy drawing on your next turn, you secure infinite turns while naturally shuffling Nexus back in so it can never be lost to the graveyard. Meanwhile, casting Quantum Misalignment creates a nonlegendary copy of Carth the Lion to further amplify your planeswalker manipulations, with its rebound keyword even giving you a free second copy on your following upkeep.