Aminatou, the Fateshifter + Teferi, Master of Time + Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God + Gideon, Champion of Justice
How it works
- Activate Nicol Bolas using Gideon's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, putting a number of loyalty counters on it equal to the number of creatures an opponent controls.
- Activate Aminatou's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it.
- During your next turn, ativate Nicol Bolas using Teferi's third loyalty ability by removing ten loyalty counters from it, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
- Activate Aminatou's second loyalty ability by removing a loyalty counter from it, blinking Nicol Bolas, causing it to re-enter the battlefield with four loyalty counters on it.
- Activate Nicol Bolas using Gideon's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, putting a number of loyalty counters on it equal to the number of creatures an opponent controls.
- Repeat during your next turn.
This clever loop centers around Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God's static ability, which allows it to borrow the loyalty abilities of every other planeswalker on the battlefield. By using Teferi, Master of Time's passive ability to activate those stolen loyalty abilities at instant speed, Nicol Bolas can immediately leverage Teferi's ultimate to take two extra turns. Once the dragon-god's loyalty is exhausted, Aminatou, the Fateshifter steps in to blink it, resetting its loyalty counters so it can safely return to the battlefield and repeat the process. Meanwhile, Gideon, Champion of Justice provides an alternate loyalty-boosting engine—or simply serves as a versatile resource—ensuring Nicol Bolas always has the fuel it needs to chain extra turns indefinitely and lock opponents out of the game.