Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Strionic Resonator
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
- Color identity
- UBR
- Mana
- {2} each turn
Steps
- At the beginning of your combat phase, Mishra triggers.
- Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying {2} and tapping it, copying Mishra's trigger.
- Resolve the first Mishra trigger, creating a 4/4 artifact creature token copy of Gonti's Aether Heart named Mishra's Warform.
- When Mishra's Warform enters the battlefield, it and Gonti's Aether Heart trigger, causing you to get four energy counters.
- Resolve the second Mishra trigger from step 1, creating a 4/4 artifact creature token copy of Gonti's Aether Heart named Mishra's Warform.
- Put either Mishra's Warform into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When the second Mishra's Warform enters the battlefield, both Mishra's Warforms and Gonti's Aether Heart trigger, causing you to get six energy counters.
- Activate the remaining Mishra's Warform by paying eight energy counters and exiling it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Repeat each turn.
How to execute this combo
The "Mishra, Eminent One + Gonti's Aether Heart + Strionic Resonator" combo takes 9 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, 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.