Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute + Clone

Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute

Clone

How it works

1. Activate Clone using Civilized Scholar's ability by tapping it.
2. Resolve that ability and choose to modify it with dredge, causing you to mill at least one card, return the creature card with dredge from your graveyard to your hand, then discard that same card, untap Clone and fail to transform it.
3. Repeat.

This fascinating loop centers on using **Clone** to copy **Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute**, leveraging the copied tap ability while bypassing its transformation restriction. Because the tapped creature is technically a Clone mimicking the Scholar, its double-faced card identity interacts uniquely with replacement effects like dredge. By applying dredge to the draw inside the ability, you instantly refill your hand with your dredged card, feed your graveyard, and discard that same card right back to easily untap the copy for endless repetitions.