Pyromancer's Goggles + Return the Favor
Produces: Infinite magecraft triggers
- Color identity
- R
- Mana
- {1}{R} plus enough mana to cast the additional instant or sorcery
Prerequisites
You have an additional instant or sorcery card in hand.
Steps
- Cast any instant or sorcery by paying its mana cost.
- Holding priority, activate Pyromancer's Goggles by tapping it, adding {R}.
- Cast Return the Favor by paying its mana cost, choosing its first mode, targeting the instant or sorcery cast in step 1.
- Pyromancer's Goggles triggers, copying Return the Favor, with the copy targeting the original Return the Favor.
- Resolve the copy of Return the Favor, creating a copy of Return the Favor targeting the original Return the Favor.
- Repeat step 5.
How to execute this combo
The "Pyromancer's Goggles + Return the Favor" combo takes 6 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 magecraft triggers.
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.