Hi

Have you ever considered running Magistrate's Scepter? I was taught this combo and seeing that Contagion Engine is in your Maybeboard and you already have Kurkesh/Rings, maybe you could try this out. I'm in a pretty casual playgroup right now though and I've yet to test this combo yet in an actual game but one charge counter + Proliferate + copy by Kurkesh is enough to lock the game down. It is a bit mana intensive though so it may be to slow for your liking seeing that you want to win fast.

As of the Ugin's Nexus and Prototype Portal combo; I don't believe you need a sac outlet since the tomb is legendary and you automatically have to sac one when you make the copy.

Also, could someone walk me through the/an infinite mana combo?

alexyoung Classic infinite mana combo: Requires untapped Basalt Monolith, Rings of Brighthearth, and mana from anywhere else to get it started.

1) Add to your mana pool

2) Tap Basalt Monolith for another . You now have in your pool.

3) Pay to use the Basalt Monolith's Untap ability, and to Rings of Brighthearth to copy the Untap abliity. You now have remaining in your pool.

4) Resolve the first instance of the Untap ability that is on the Stack and Untap Basalt Monolith, then in response to the second instance of the Untap ability which is on the Stack, tap Basalt Monolith for . You now have in your pool, and all the artifacts are untapped and ready to go again.

Each time you repeat the whole process, you come out with more than you started with, thus infinite colourless mana.

alexyoung Another one was explained a bit higher up, and requires Basalt Monolith, Mycosynth Lattice, and Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient

1. Tap Basalt Monolith for . You now have in your pool.

2. Tap any mana source for an additional . You now have in your pool.

3. Spend to untap Basalt Monolith, and spend (because of Mycosynth Lattice's 3rd ability) to use Kurkesh's doubling ability to copy the untap ability which is on the stack. At this point you have in your pool.

4. After the first untap, in response to the second untap trigger, tap Basalt Monolith to produce an additional . Basalt Monolith will now be untapped, and you will have in your pool.

Repeat at will for infinite colourless mana.

Thanks a million.

alexyoung No worries! At first, it took me a while to remember how it worked too. The second combo using Kurkesh also works with Grim Monolith, where the first one doesn't.

Classic infinite mana combo: Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact .

All seriousness though alexyoung, you have to have a sac outlet for the Ugin's Nexus combo because if you have another nexus on the board, you can't begin your extra turn.

I see, I must have completely ignored the first clause.

Ender666666, I have a question. Is the Mycosynth Lattice required for the Kurkesh combo if you're running mono red? I was thinking that the combo could go off with just Kurkesh and the monolith.

Hi ronsen, to answer your first question this deck is getting away from the proliferate theme for now and going more for a fast kill, so Magistrate's Scepter doesn't fit well with that goal, but I will say it's a strong card in a proliferate theme. To answer your other question regarding Mycosynth Lattice being required for the Kurkesh/monolith mana combo, Lattice makes Kurkesh's copy ability cost instead of , which allows you to keep chaining from the mana the monolith generates.

And thank you Ender666666 for picking up my slack while I was away :)

FeralKitten I was just about to field this question too. No worries bro, I got chu! ;-)

FeralKitten ahh now I get it. I was just looking at starting the combo and not on keeping it going, thanks for clarifying!

Have you tried running Price of Glory I have found it to be extremely helpful at least against the decks I have played in commander. Red can't really counter anything or respond to instant speed spells or abilities, or at least not effectively. having this on the battlefield allows you do set up your grave or whatever you want to do undisturbed.There are also fun interactions with this card such as with Mindslaver assuming you don't have them locked out with it already.

BigHead066 I'm curious how Mindslaver interacts with Price of Glory. Could you elaborate?

Cjhobbitbane I feel stupid, for some reason I thought there was an interaction there but no sorry I guess not. I do still feel Price of Glory is a sweet card though.

Hey FeralKitten, Hope all is well. Haven't seen any updates on this deck recently and it doesn't look like you've been on the site much either. I'd love to see what, if any, changes you've made to this.

Hey Ender666666, all is good. I've just been very busy with work lately, which has left almost no time for Magic :(

I have a test list I've been working on and goldfishing, but I stalled on it about a week ago when I got busy. I'll see if I can get back to it this weekend, and bring the changes into this list.

Hey, just a quick question. I see you're pulling in a CSS sheet essentially from drive via css link. Do you have a quick reference I could use to try the same thing? :) I found this and I think I'm pulling the right ID from my drive CSS document, but for some reason it's not working. Is there any special folder architecture that needs to be set up in order to get this working, or am I just missing something right in front of my nose?

Thanks for your time!

Nevermind, I figured it out! Thanks anyway :)

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is really good in here, especially with Rings of Brighthearth, and Kurkesh if you run him.

Twice now I've been able to ult Ugin and copy, and that usually means end game for the opponent if you're doing 1v1, or else it sets you far ahead in multiplayer.

Unwinding Clock has been pretty good to use with Scarecrone, especially if you have some rocks to use his reanimate ability. It's still pretty good if you have artifact creatures out so you can attack, and then have blockers during your opponent's turn.

Squee, Goblin Nabob has been doing good for me. Gives you more recurring discard fodder for Daretti.

Mind's Eye for more card draw?

Pentavus + Salvaging Station + Lotus Bloom is infinite mana, and can be done very quickly, if you fill the yard just so. Just a thought to add.

Squee, Goblin Nabob, like Guerte said, is really useful, since you can always plus two Daretti if you need to (though I don't think it's what you want to do with your deck).

Su-Chi with Nim Deathmantle can be infinitely sacrificed, if needed. Generates infinite mana with Phyrexian Altar, etc.

Bazaar of Baghdad might also be useful, since it fills your graveyard rather efficiently.

Have you considered Scroll Rack?

I've been playing a slightly modified version of the deck and found an interesting interaction with Contagion Engine, Ring of Three Wishes, and infinite mana & untaps. It allowed me to tutor my library by adding wish counters and untapping both the engine and ring for infinite reuse. I was all "draw my library, Comet Storm?"

Wouldn't it be easier to do that with Planar Portal?