The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk + Emiel the Blessed + Innkeeper's Talent
How it works
- Activate Avatar Kuruk by paying 20 minus 1 for each creature and/or artifact you can tap while activating it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Activate Emiel by paying 3, blinking Avatar Kuruk and causing it to return to the battlefield as The Legend of Kuruk with two lore counters on it due to Innkeeper's Talent.
- The Legend of Kuruk's first and second chapter abilities trigger, causing you to scry 2, draw a card, scry 2 and draw another card.
- Move to your next turn. At the beginning of your precombat main phase. The Legend of Kuruk triggers, putting two lore counters on it. Its third chapter ability triggers, causing you to exile it and return it to the battlefield as Avatar Kuruk.
- Repeat.
This cunning loop gives you infinite turns by continuously resetting Avatar Kuruk before its once-per-game Exhaust ability is permanently locked out. The magic starts with Emiel the Blessed, whose active ability blinks the Avatar back into its front-face Saga, The Legend of Kuruk. Normally, Sagas would only advance one lore counter at a time, but Innkeeper's Talent acts as a brilliant catalyst here; its Level 3 static ability doubles the lore counters placed on the Saga as it re-enters, instantly rocketing it to its third chapter. This triggers the Saga to exile and transform back into Avatar Kuruk with a fresh, untapped Exhaust ability ready to be paid for using its waterbend mechanic, while Innkeeper's Talent also handsomely protects your board along the way by granting your countered permanents ward {1}.