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River Song + Ardent Dustspeaker + Capture of Jingzhou

U manaR mana
River Song
River Song
Ardent Dustspeaker
Ardent Dustspeaker
Capture of Jingzhou
Capture of Jingzhou
Near-infinite turnsSkip your draw stepsLock

How it works

  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying 3U manaU mana, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Move to your combat phase, and declare Ardent Dustspeaker as an attacker.
  3. Ardent Dustspeaker triggers, causing you to put Capture of Jingzhou on the bottom of your library from your graveyard, then exile the top two cards of your library with the ability to play them this turn.
  4. Move to your next turn, drawing Capture of Jingzhou from the bottom of your library due to River Song during your draw step.
  5. Repeat.

This clever loop bends the rules of time and deckbuilding by turning your library inside out. While River Song radically alters the fundamental laws of the game by forcing you to draw cards from the bottom of your library instead of the top, Ardent Dustspeaker uses its attacks to continuously recycle Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard back to that very bottom spot. Because River Song ensures you draw from the bottom during your draw step, you seamlessly redraw the extra-turn spell every single cycle. The result is a near-infinite sequence of extra turns that completely locks your opponents out of the game, keeping them trapped while you replay Capture of Jingzhou turn after turn.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
46 decks$9.22