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Dour Port-Mage + Time Stretch + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak

U manaR mana
Dour Port-Mage
Dour Port-Mage
Time Stretch
Time Stretch
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (back)
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
Infinite turnsLock

How it works

  1. Cast Time Stretch by paying 8U manaU mana, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  2. Move to your first extra turn.
  3. Cast Pinnacle Monk by paying its mana cost.
  4. When Pinnacle Monk enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Time Stretch from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Activate Dour Port-Mage by paying 1U mana and tapping it, returning Pinnacle Monk from the battlefield to your hand.
  6. Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  7. Repeat during your second extra turn.

This elegant loop exploits recursion and repeatable bouncing to take infinite turns, locking your opponents out of the game entirely. By casting Time Stretch, you secure the extra time needed to deploy Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak, which immediately recycles that very same Time Stretch back from your graveyard to your hand upon entering the battlefield. From there, Dour Port-Mage steps in as the engine's primary catalyst: its activated ability bounces Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak back to your hand so you can replay it, while its passive triggered ability rewards your board state by letting you draw a card every time that creature leaves the battlefield without dying.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyModernOathbreakerVintage
5 decks$8.40