Doom's Time Platform + Rift Elemental + Capture of Jingzhou
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
- Doom's Time Platform
- Rift Elemental
- Capture of Jingzhou
- Color identity
- UR
- Mana
- {3}{U}{U} the first turn with {1}{R} each extra turn
Prerequisites
You control a creature that can attack and that cannot be blocked or killed by an opponent.
Steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Declare any creature as an attacker. When you do, Doom's Time Platform triggers, exiling Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard with two time counters on it.
- Move to your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, Capture of Jingzhou's suspend ability triggers, removing a time counter from it.
- Activate Rift Elemental by paying {1}{R} and removing a time counter from Capture of Jingzhou.
- Capture of Jingzhou's suspend ability triggers, causing you to cast it without paying its mana cost.
- Resolve Capture of Jingzhou, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Repeat from step 2.
How to execute this combo
The "Doom's Time Platform + Rift Elemental + Capture of Jingzhou" combo takes 7 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.