Temporal Extortion
Sorcery$18.82
When you cast this spell, any player may pay half their life, rounded up. If a player does, counter Temporal Extortion. Take an extra turn after this one.
Legal in Commander
Is
Combos 4
Temporal Extortion + Guile + Professor Onyx
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is at least 2.
Steps
Cast Temporal Extortion by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}. Temporal Extortion and Professor Onyx trigger. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile. Repeat from step 2 until your life total is four or less. Temporal Extortion and Professor Onyx trigger. Resolve the Professor Onyx trigger, causing you to gain two life and each opponent to lose 2 life. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile. Repeat from step 5.
Temporal Extortion + Guile + Aetherflux Reservoir
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Temporal Extortion by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}. Temporal Extortion and Aetherflux Reservoir trigger. Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile. Repeat. Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).
Temporal Extortion + Guile + Near-Death Experience
- Win the game
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Temporal Extortion for {B}{B}{B}{B}. Temporal Extortion triggers, allowing any player to pay half of their life to counter the spell. Pay half of your life to counter Temporal Extortion, exiling it and allowing you to cast it without paying its mana cost. Repeat steps 2-3 until you have one life remaining and the Temporal Extortion trigger is on the stack. Choose not to pay half of your life to counter Temporal Extortion, allowing it to resolve. If any of your opponent choose to pay half of their life to counter the spell, Guile will exile it and allow you to cast it again. Repeat steps 5-6 until none of your opponent choose to counter Temporal Extortion. Move to the upkeep step of your extra turn. Near-Death Experience triggers, winning you the game.
Temporal Extortion + Guile + Witherbloom Apprentice
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is at least 2.
Steps
Cast Temporal Extortion by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}. Temporal Extortion and Witherbloom Apprentice trigger. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile. Repeat from step 2 until your life total is equal to one. Temporal Extortion and Witherbloom Apprentice trigger. Resolve the Witherbloom Apprentice trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile. Repeat from step 5.
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.
- Silverquill, the DisputantTemporal Extortion is an Instant or sorcery, which Silverquill, the Disputant can use.
- Anhelo, the PainterTemporal Extortion is an Instant or sorcery, which Anhelo, the Painter can use.
- Zevlor, Elturel ExileTemporal Extortion is an Instant or sorcery, which Zevlor, Elturel Exile can use.
- Rassilon, the War PresidentTemporal Extortion is an Instant or sorcery, which Rassilon, the War President can use.
- Fire Lord AzulaFire Lord Azula copies your spells and Temporal Extortion is an Instant or sorcery.