Combos with Desperate Ritual

15 known combos in Commander — View Desperate Ritual

Reiterate Reiterate Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual Bonus Round Bonus Round
Results: Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Bonus Round by paying {1}{R}{R}.
  2. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  3. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  4. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  5. Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {4}{R}{R}{R}, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  6. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Reiterate.
  7. Resolve the Reiterate copy, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  8. Resolve the second Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  9. Resolve the first copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  10. Repeat from step 5.
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Reiterate Reiterate Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual Bonus Round Bonus Round Ruby Medallion Ruby Medallion
Results: Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Bonus Round by paying {R}{R}.
  2. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {R}.
  3. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  4. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  5. Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {3}{R}{R}{R}, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  6. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Reiterate.
  7. Resolve the Reiterate copy, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual.
  8. Resolve the second Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  9. Resolve the first copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  10. Repeat from step 5.
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Mizzix of the Izmagnus Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual Reiterate Reiterate
Results: Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {R}.
  2. In response, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {R}{R}, copying Desparate Ritual and putting Reiterate into your hand.
  3. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  4. Repeat from step 2.
  5. Once you have infinite mana, you may cast Reiterate with buyback any number of times, targeting anything.
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Dual Casting Dual Casting
Psychic Puppetry Psychic Puppetry
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. As you cast Desperate Ritual, reveal Psychic Puppetry from your hand and pay {U} to add its effects to Desperate Ritual.
  3. Holding priority, activate the creature with Dual Casting attached by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Desperate Ritual, with the copy also having the effects of Psychic Puppetry.
  4. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, untapping the creature with Dual Casting attached and adding {R}{R}{R}.
  5. Repeat from step 3.
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Rootha, Mercurial Artist Rootha, Mercurial Artist Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Through the Breach Through the Breach
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R} and choosing to pay {2}{R}{R} and reveal Through the Breach from your hand, adding Through the Breach's effects to Desperate Ritual.
  2. Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying {2} and returning it to your hand, copying Desperate Ritual.
  3. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R} and putting Rootha from your hand onto the battlefield.
  4. Repeat from step 2.
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Displacer Kitten Displacer Kitten Archaeomancer Archaeomancer
Seething Song Seething Song
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
  3. Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Seething Song from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  5. Cast Seething Song by paying {2}{R}.
  6. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
  7. Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Resolve Seething Song, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
  9. Repeat.
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Izzet Guildmage Izzet Guildmage Lava Spike Lava Spike Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite damage · Infinite magecraft triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Lava Spike by paying {R} and choosing to pay {1}{R} and reveal Desperate Ritual from your hand, adding Desperate Ritual's effects onto Lava Spike, with Lava Spike targeting an opponent.
  2. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  3. Activate Izzet Guildmage's second ability by paying {2}{R}, copying Lava Spike, targeting an opponent.
  4. Resolve the copy of Lava Spike, adding {R}{R}{R} and dealing three damage to an opponent.
  5. Repeat from step 4.
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Rootha, Mercurial Artist Rootha, Mercurial Artist
Sneak Attack Sneak Attack
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying {2} and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Desperate Ritual.
  3. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  4. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Rootha from your hand onto the battlefield.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
  6. If you have another Arcane card in hand, you may either cast that card and splice Desperate Ritual onto it, or splice it onto Desperate Ritual to get infinite copies of the effect(s).
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Pili-Pala Pili-Pala
Dual Casting Dual Casting Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite magecraft triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. Holding priority, activate Pili-Pala by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Desperate Ritual.
  3. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  4. Activate Pili-Pala by paying {2} and untapping it, adding one mana of any color.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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Mirror Sheen Mirror Sheen
Lava Spike Lava Spike Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite damage
Show steps
  1. Cast Lava Spike, targeting yourself.
  2. Splice Desperate Ritual onto Lava Spike.
  3. Hold priority and activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike.
  4. Have the copy of Lava Spike target another player.
  5. Resolve the copy of Lava Spike.
  6. Using the RRR from the copy of Lava Spike's text from Desperate Ritual, activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike.
  7. Repeat.
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Saheeli, Sublime Artificer Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Underworld Breach Underworld Breach Grinding Station Grinding Station Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite red mana · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Grinding Station by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, causing you to mill three cards.
  2. Cast Desperate Ritual from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {1}{R} and exiling three other cards from your graveyard.
  3. Saheeli triggers, creating a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
  4. The Servo enters the battlefield, triggering Grinding Station, untapping Grinding Station.
  5. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  6. Repeat.
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Torchling Torchling
Dual Casting Dual Casting Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Results: Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. Holding priority, activate Torchling by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Desperate Ritual.
  3. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  4. Activate Torchling by paying {R}, untapping it.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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Ill-Gotten Gains Ill-Gotten Gains
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Pyretic Ritual Pyretic Ritual
Reverberate Reverberate
Results: Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual.
  2. Cast Pyretic Ritual.
  3. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains, holding priority.
  4. Cast Reverberate targeting Ill-Gotten Gains.
  5. Resolve the copies Ill-Gotten gains, returning Reverberate, Desperate Ritual, and Pyretic Ritual to your hand.
  6. Repeat for infinite storm count.
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Ill-Gotten Gains Ill-Gotten Gains
Seething Song Seething Song
Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Reverberate Reverberate
Results: Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  2. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
  3. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains for {2}{B}{B} and hold priority.
  4. Cast Reverberate for {R}{R}, copying Ill-Gotten Gains.
  5. Resolve the copied Ill-Gotten Gains, discarding your hand and then returning Desperate Ritual, Seething Song, and Reverberate to your hand.
  6. Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  7. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
  8. Repeat from step 4.
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Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders
Displacer Kitten Displacer Kitten Desperate Ritual Desperate Ritual
Rite of Flame Rite of Flame
Results: Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}.
  2. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios.
  3. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, searching your library and/or graveyard for Rite of Flame and putting it into your hand.
  4. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  5. Cast Rite of Flame by paying {R}.
  6. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios.
  7. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Resolve Rite of Flame, adding {R}{R}.
  9. Repeat.
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