Reverberate - Reiterate - Expansion / Explosion - Insidious Will - Narset's Reversal
Instant Forks create so much value with tapped Kalamax. For as low as two mana I can end up resolving two copies of the instant/sorcery I copied from an opponent and put infinite +1/+1 counters on Kalamax using an instant Fork to copy itself on the stack an infinite amount of times. As long as a Fork is the first instant I cast during a turn it can be used with tapped Kalamax to copy another card either cast by an opponent or a sorcery cast by me to make an infinite copy spell loop.
How this works is the original Fork doesn't resolve from the stack until the end.
- The copy of the Fork from Kalamax resolves and copies the original Fork that's still on the stack.
- This makes the copy spell loop since the original Fork on the stack is constantly copied by the copy of the Fork.
- The loop ends when I target a different spell with the Fork copy and I resolve the original Fork.
When copying an opponent's spell with a Fork then I can resolve two copies of the spell I copied. If I'm copying my own sorcery then I can resolve three copies of that spell. Both of these ways a Fork interacts with Kalamax give me excellent value for the mana cost.
The first way to do this interaction is by copying any opponent's instant or sorcery. This is how I can combo for only two mana and results in making a copy instant loop during an opponent's turn thus having an infinite large Kalamax on my next turn to attack.
- Opponent casts Cultivate.
- With Kalamax tapped cast Reverberate target Cultivate.
- Kalamax copies Reverberate and the copy of Reverberate targets the original Reverberate on the stack.
- Resolve Kalamax copy of Reverberate making another copy of Reverberate which targets original Reverberate on the stack again.
- Repeat this copy process to loop copy original Reverberate with copy Reverberate infinite amount of times putting infinite +1/+1 counters on Kalamax.
- End the loop by having the copy of Reverberate target Cultivate.
- Resolve two Cultivates (copy of Reverberate and original Reverberate)
The second way is I cast a sorcery, hold priority and with Kalamax tapped cast a Fork to copy the sorcery. This way can use Chandra's Ignition burn as a win condition with Kalamax.
- Cast Solve the Equation and hold priority.
- With Kalamax tapped cast Reverberate target Equation.
- Kalamax copies Reverberate and the copy of Reverberate targets the original Reverberate on the stack.
- Resolve Kalamax copy of Reverberate making another copy of Reverberate which targets original Reverberate on the stack again.
- Repeat this copy process to loop copy original Reverberate with copy Reverberate infinite amount of times putting infinite +1/+1 counters on Kalamax.
- End the loop by having the copy of Reverberate target Equation.
- Resolve three Equations (copy of Reverberate, original Reverberate and original Equation)
The copy of a Fork can infinite copy the original Fork on the stack, but it doesn't have to because I can control how many copies are made and this can be important with magecraft and Twinning Staff especially with Archmage Emeritus. Reiterate has buyback which can make it a repeatable Fork for six mana; taking advantage of repeatable instants with Kalamax.
Because of the "return to owner's hand" effect of Narset's Reversal it can't by itself make an infinite copy spell loop like the other Forks can with just tapped Kalamax. By itself it can't put infinite +1/+1 counters on tapped Kalamax or be used with Ral, Storm Conduit as a win condition. It doesn't work because the original Reversal doesn't stay on the stack to be copied. When the Kalamax copy of Reversal resolves it returns original Reversal back to my hand which means original Reversal leaves the stack. The copy of Reversal doesn't have the original Reversal on the stack to copy which with other Forks is what makes the infinite copy spell loop.
Kalamax + Narset's Reversal + Twinning Staff = infinite copy
Reversal + Kalamax can be make an infinite copy spell loop with another source copying Reversal such as Twinning Staff. This combo can be triggered by an opponent casting an instant or sorcery or I cast a sorcery first.
- With Twinning Staff in my control opponent casts Swords to Plowshares.
- With Kalamax tapped cast Narset's Reversal target Plowshares.
- Kalamax copies Reversal and the Reversal copy targets original Reversal on the stack.
- Staff copies Reversal and the Reversal copy targets Kalamax copy of Reversal on the stack.
- Resolve Kalamax copy of Reversal returning original Reversal to my hand and making another copy of Reversal.
- Staff copies Reversal and the Reversal copy targets first Staff copy of Reversal still on the stack.
- Resolve a Staff copy of Reversal making another copy of Reversal which targets the other Staff copy of Reversal on the stack.
- Repeat this copy process to loop copy Reversal with another copy of Reversal on the stack infinite amount of times.
- End the loop by having all copies of Reversal target Plowshares.
Kalamax copy of Narset's Reversal targets the original Reversal on the stack. Because Kalamax copied Reversal then this triggers Twinning Staff to copy it and this copy of Reversal targets Kalamax copy of Reversal on the stack.
- During the combo resolving Kalamax copy of Reversal returns original Reversal back to my hand, original Reversal leaves the stack and a copy of Reversal is made by Staff.
- Two Staff copies of Reversal are still on the stack to copy thus there will always be a copy of Reversal on the stack to target since copies of Reversal stay on the stack and can resolve even if the original Reversal is gone from the stack.
- A copy of Reversal copying another copy of Reversal on the stack is all that's needed to make the infinite copy spell loop.