River Song + Ardent Dustspeaker + Capture of Jingzhou
Produces: Near-infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock
- River Song
- Ardent Dustspeaker
- Capture of Jingzhou
- Color identity
- UR
- Mana
- {3}{U}{U} each turn
Prerequisites
Ardent Dustspeaker does not have summoning sickness, and cannot be blocked and killed by an opponent.
Steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Move to your combat phase, and declare Ardent Dustspeaker as an attacker.
- Ardent Dustspeaker triggers, causing you to put Capture of Jingzhou on the bottom of your library from your graveyard, then exile the top two cards of your library with the ability to play them this turn.
- Move to your next turn, drawing Capture of Jingzhou from the bottom of your library due to River Song during your draw step.
- Repeat.
How to execute this combo
The "River Song + Ardent Dustspeaker + Capture of Jingzhou" combo takes 5 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Near-infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.