Combos with Scholar of the Ages

15 known combos in Commander — View Scholar of the Ages

Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Burnt Offering Burnt Offering Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}.
  2. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Scholar of the Ages trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker and up to one instant or sorcery to your hand from your graveyard.
  5. Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Saw in Half Saw in Half
Burnt Offering Burnt Offering Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite red mana · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite black mana · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
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  1. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  2. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand along with up to two other instants and/or sorceries.
  3. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding {B}{B} plus an additional amount of {B} and/or {R} equal to its mana value minus 2.
  4. Repeat.
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Saw in Half Saw in Half
Culling the Weak Culling the Weak
Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite magecraft triggers · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing another creature, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  3. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Culling the Weak from your graveyard to your hand, as well as up to two additional instants or sorceries.
  4. Repeat.
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High Tide High Tide Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker
Results: Infinite blinking of artifacts, creatures, and lands · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count · Infinite landfall triggers · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Activate an Island by tapping it, adding {U}.
  2. Cast High Tide by paying {U}, creating a delayed triggered ability that adds {U} whenever an Island is tapped for mana this turn.
  3. Activate four Islands by tapping them, adding {U}{U}{U}{U}.
  4. High Tide's delayed trigger triggers four times, adding an additional {U}{U}{U}{U}.
  5. Cast Scholar of the Ages by paying {5}{U}{U}.
  6. Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, triggering itself, returning High Tide from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Cast High Tide by paying {U}, creating a second delayed triggered ability.
  8. Activate two Islands by tapping them, adding {U}{U}.
  9. High Tide delayed triggers trigger a combined total of four times, adding an additional {U}{U}{U}{U}{U}{U}.
  10. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking an Island and Scholar of the Ages.
  11. Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, triggering itself, returning High Tide and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  12. Repeat from step 7, except that you activate only one Island in step 8 and trigger an increasing number of High Tide delayed triggered abilities in step 9.
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Saw in Half Saw in Half
Sacrifice Sacrifice Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Results: Infinite black mana · Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  2. The two Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, returning Sacrifice, if applicable, and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding seven {B}.
  4. Repeat.
  5. You may also return up to two other instants and/or sorceries using the Scholar of the Ages tokens if they can be cast using black mana to get infinite casts of those instants and/or sorceries.
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Displace Displace Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite blinking · Infinite landfall triggers · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. Cast Displace by paying {2}{U}, blinking Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake
  3. When Scholar of the Ages and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Scholar of the Ages trigger, returning Displace from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  6. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Sacrifice Sacrifice Shallow Grave Shallow Grave
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}.
  2. Cast Shallow Grave by paying {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Shallow Grave from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Corpse Dance Corpse Dance
Culling the Weak Culling the Weak
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. Cast Corpse Dance by paying {2}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Culling the Weak and Corpse Dance to your hand from your graveyard.
  4. Repeat.
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Burnt Offering Burnt Offering
Corpse Dance Corpse Dance
Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B} and then an amount of additional {B} and/or {R} equal to its mana value minus 2.
  2. Cast Corpse Dance with buyback by paying {4}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Burnt Offering and another instant or sorcery from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Sacrifice Sacrifice
Corpse Dance Corpse Dance
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}.
  2. Cast Corpse Dance by paying {2}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Corpse Dance from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Victimize Victimize Burnt Offering Burnt Offering
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B} and then five mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}.
  2. Cast Victimize by paying {2}{B}, causing you to sacrifice a creature and return Scholar of the Ages and another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Victimize to your hand from your graveyard.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Victimize Victimize
Culling the Weak Culling the Weak
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. Cast Victimize by paying {2}{B}, causing you to sacrifice a creature and return Scholar of the Ages and another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Culling the Weak and Victimize to your hand from your graveyard.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Victimize Victimize Sacrifice Sacrifice
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven {B}.
  2. Cast Victimize by paying {2}{B}, causing you to sacrifice a creature and return Scholar of the Ages and another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Sacrifice and Victimize to your hand from your graveyard.
  4. Repeat.
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Scholar of the Ages Scholar of the Ages Burnt Offering Burnt Offering
Exhume Exhume
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite red mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Show steps
  1. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}.
  2. Cast Exhume for {1}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Exhume from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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