Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Gonti's Aether Heart + Academy Ruins
Produces: Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock
- Color identity
- GUR
- Mana
- {7}{U} each turn
Prerequisites
You are able to generate an additional {E}{E}{E}{E} each turn.
Steps
- During your upkeep, if Gonti's Aether Heart is in your graveyard, activate Academy Ruins by paying {1}{U} and tapping it, putting Gonti's Aether Heart from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- Move to your draw step, drawing Gonti's Aether Heart.
- Cast Gonti's Aether Heart by paying {6}.
- Saheeli triggers, causing you to get {E}.
- When Gonti's Aether Heart enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}.
- At the beginning of your combat phase, Saheeli triggers, causing you to pay {E}{E}{E} to create a token copy of Gonti's Aether Heart that is a 5/5 artifact creature with haste.
- Put the nontoken Gonti's Aether Heart into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Both Gonti's Aether Hearts trigger, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}{E}.
- If needed, generate up to an additional {E}{E}{E}{E} until you have eight {E} available.
- Activate the Gonti's Aether Heart by paying eight {E} and exiling it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Repeat each turn.
How to execute this combo
The "Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Gonti's Aether Heart + Academy Ruins" combo takes 11 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: 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.