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Dark Ritual

Dark Ritual

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Combos 4

  • Dark Ritual + Displacer Kitten + Eternal Witness

    • Infinite black mana
    • Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard

    Mana needed: 6,208 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    You have an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard that has legal targets and that can be cast using {B}{B}.

    Steps

    Cast Dark Ritual by paying {B}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Eternal Witness. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the other instant or sorcery from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Dark Ritual, adding {B}{B}{B}. Cast the other instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Eternal Witness. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Dark Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve the instant or sorcery. Repeat.

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  • Dark Ritual + Cormela, Glamour Thief + Saw in Half

    • Infinite black mana
    • Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells
    • Infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells

    Mana needed: 1,948 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Steps

    Cast Dark Ritual by paying {B}, adding {B}{B}{B}. Activate Cormela by paying {1} and tapping them, adding {U}{B}{R} that can only be used to cast instants or sorceries. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B} targeting Cormela, destroying them and creating two token copies of Cormela with half the destroyed creature's base power and toughness. Put one of the Cormela tokens in the graveyard due to the legend rule. The Cormela that died in step 3 and the Cormela that died in step 4 each trigger when they die, returning Dark Ritual and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.

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  • Dark Ritual + Patron of the Moon + Uyo, Silent Prophet

    • Infinite landfall triggers
    • Infinite magecraft triggers

    Mana needed: 13 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Before you start

    You control at least two lands.

    Steps

    Cast Dark Ritual by paying {B}. Holding priority, activate Uyo by paying {2} and returning two lands to your hand from the battlefield, copying Dark Ritual. Resolve the copy of Dark Ritual, adding {B}{B}{B}. Activate Patron of the Moon by paying {1}, putting two lands onto the battlefield tapped from your hand. Repeat from step 2.

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  • Dark Ritual + Pili-Pala + Dual Casting

    • Infinite black mana

    Mana needed: 10 decks on Commander Spellbook

    How it works

    Steps

    Cast Dark Ritual by paying its mana cost. Holding priority, activate Pili-Pala by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Dark Ritual. Resolve the copy of Dark Ritual, adding {B}{B}{B} Activate Pili-Pala by paying {2} and untapping it, adding {R} Repeat from step 2.

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Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.

Best commanders

Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.

  1. Silverquill, the DisputantDark Ritual is an Instant or sorcery, which Silverquill, the Disputant can use.
  2. Anhelo, the PainterDark Ritual is an Instant or sorcery, which Anhelo, the Painter can use.
  3. Zevlor, Elturel ExileDark Ritual is an Instant or sorcery, which Zevlor, Elturel Exile can use.
  4. Rassilon, the War PresidentDark Ritual is an Instant or sorcery, which Rassilon, the War President can use.
  5. Fire Lord AzulaFire Lord Azula copies your spells and Dark Ritual is an Instant or sorcery.

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