Combos with Inspiring Refrain

11 known combos in Commander — View Inspiring Refrain

Results: Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Return most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand · Mass Land Denial
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  1. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  2. Reality Strobe triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  3. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  4. Resolve Reality Strobe, returning a permanent to its owner's hand, then exiling Reality Strobe with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  6. Venture Forth triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  7. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  8. Resolve Venture Forth, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a land card, then putting the land card onto the battlefield and the rest of the cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library, and then exiling Venture Forth with three time counters on it.
  9. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each card you own in exile.
  10. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  11. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  12. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and then exiling Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  13. Repeat.
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Alaundo the Seer Alaundo the Seer
Chakram Retriever Chakram Retriever
Cyclical Evolution Cyclical Evolution
Venture Forth Venture Forth
+1 more
Results: Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  2. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  3. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards, then exiling Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  6. Venture Forth triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  7. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  8. Resolve Venture Forth, causing you to exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a land card, then putting the land card onto the battlefield and the rest of the cards exiled this way on the bottom of your library, and then exiling Venture Forth with three time counters on it.
  9. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each card you own in exile.
  10. Cyclical Evolution triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  11. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  12. Resolve Cyclical Evolution, giving target creature +3/+3 until end of turn and then exiling Cyclical Evolution with three time counters on it.
  13. Repeat.
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Alaundo the Seer Alaundo the Seer
Chakram Retriever Chakram Retriever
Cyclical Evolution Cyclical Evolution
Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
+1 more
Results: Cast a portion of the cards in your library and hand without paying their mana costs · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Return most permanents you don't control to their owner's hand · Mass Land Denial
Show steps
  1. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  2. Reality Strobe triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  3. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  4. Resolve Reality Strobe, returning a permanent to its owner's hand, then exiling Reality Strobe with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each other card you own in exile.
  6. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  7. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  8. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and then exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  9. Activate Alaundo the Seer by tapping it, causing you to draw a card and exile a card from your hand with time counters on it equal to its mana value, then removing a time counter from each card you own in exile.
  10. Cyclical Evolution triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  11. Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping Alaundo the Seer.
  12. Resolve Cyclical Evolution, giving target creature +3/+3 until end of turn and then exiling Cyclical Evolution with three time counters on it.
  13. Repeat.
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Arcane Bombardment Arcane Bombardment Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug Jhoira's Timebug
Time Stretch Time Stretch
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Time Stretch without paying its mana cost.
  3. Resolve the Time Stretch copy, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
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Arcane Bombardment Arcane Bombardment Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug Jhoira's Timebug
Time Warp Time Warp
+1 more
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
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  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Temporal Manipulation and Time Warp without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Temporal Manipulation and Time Warp copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Time Warp and Walk the Aeons without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Time Warp and Walk the Aeons copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Temporal Manipulation and Walk the Aeons without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Temporal Manipulation and Walk the Aeons copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
Arcane Bombardment Arcane Bombardment Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug Jhoira's Timebug
Time Warp Time Warp
+1 more
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Capture of Jingzhou and Time Warp without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Capture of Jingzhou and Time Warp copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Capture of Jingzhou and Walk the Aeons without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Capture of Jingzhou and Walk the Aeons copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
Arcane Bombardment Arcane Bombardment Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
Jhoira's Timebug Jhoira's Timebug
Temporal Manipulation Temporal Manipulation
+1 more
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Inspiring Refrain by paying {4}{U}{U}.
  2. Arcane Bombardment triggers, exiling a random instant or sorcery from your graveyard, and then casting a copy of Capture of Jingzhou and Temporal Manipulation without paying their mana costs.
  3. Resolve the Capture of Jingzhou and Temporal Manipulation copies, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Jhoira's Timebug by tapping it, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain.
  6. Move to your first extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  7. Move to your second extra turn, removing a time counter from Inspiring Refrain during your upkeep.
  8. Inspiring Refrain triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
The Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor Inspiring Refrain Inspiring Refrain
Mind Over Matter Mind Over Matter
Chromatic Orrery Chromatic Orrery
Results: Infinite draw triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite looting · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite untap of permanents you control · Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce · Infinite looting
Show steps
  1. Activate Chromatic Orrery's first ability by tapping it, adding {5}.
  2. If Inspiring Refrain is in your hand, cast it by paying {6}.
  3. Otherwise, activate The Tenth Doctor by paying {7}, causing you to time travel three times, removing all time counters from Inspiring Refrain and cast Inspiring Refrain from exile without paying its mana cost.
  4. Resolve Inspiring Refrain, causing you to draw two cards and exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it.
  5. Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Chromatic Orrery.
  6. Activate Chromatic Orrery's first ability by tapping it, adding {5}.
  7. Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Chromatic Orrery.
  8. Repeat.
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