Scholar of the Ages + Not Dead After All + Dark Ritual + Viscera Seer

Scholar of the Ages

Not Dead After All

Dark Ritual

Viscera Seer

How it works

1. Cast Dark Ritual by paying , adding .
2. Cast Not Dead After All by paying , targeting Scholar of the Ages.
3. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Scholar of the Ages.
4. When Scholar of the Ages dies, it triggers, as well as any Wicked Role tokens that may have been attached to it.
5. Resolve the Wicked Role trigger(s), if applicable, causing each opponent to lose that much life.
6. Resolve the Scholar of the Ages trigger, returning itself to the battlefield from your graveyard and creating a Wicked Role token attached to it.
7. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Not Dead After All and Dark Ritual to your hand from your graveyard.
8. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
9. Repeat.

This looping engine relies on Scholar of the Ages to continuously recycle its own resurrection and mana sources. By sacrificing the Scholar to Viscera Seer while it is protected by Not Dead After All, you trigger the Scholar's entry ability to pull both Dark Ritual and Not Dead After All right back out of your graveyard. Dark Ritual then provides the black mana needed to cast those spells again, while Viscera Seer acts as the reliable sacrifice outlet to keep the cycle spinning.