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All 26 Combos with Desperate Ritual

Instant — Arcane·· CMC 2

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Desperate Ritual

Combos with Desperate Ritual

Instant — Arcane · CMC 2 · 26 combos

Discover 26 known combos featuring Desperate Ritual in Magic: The Gathering. Each combo lists the required cards, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions.

Reiterate + Desperate Ritual + Bonus Round

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite storm count

Cast Bonus Round by paying {1}{R}{R}. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}. Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {4}{R}{R}{R}, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Reiterate. Resolve the Reiterate copy, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Resolve the second Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}. Resolve the first copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 5.

Cards: Reiterate

, Desperate Ritual

Reiterate + Desperate Ritual + Bonus Round + Ruby Medallion

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Bonus Round by paying {R}{R}. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {R}. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}. Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {3}{R}{R}{R}, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Bonus Round triggers, creating a copy of Reiterate. Resolve the Reiterate copy, creating a copy of Desperate Ritual. Resolve the second Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}. Resolve the first copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 5.

Cards: Reiterate, Desperate Ritual, Bonus Round, Ruby Medallion

Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Desperate Ritual + Reiterate

Other: Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {R}. In response, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying {R}{R}, copying Desparate Ritual and putting Reiterate into your hand. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 2. Once you have infinite mana, you may cast Reiterate with buyback any number of times, targeting anything.

Cards: Mizzix of the Izmagnus, Desperate Ritual, Reiterate

Dual Casting + Psychic Puppetry + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. As you cast Desperate Ritual, reveal Psychic Puppetry from your hand and pay {U} to add its effects to Desperate Ritual. 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. Resolve the Desperate Ritual copy, untapping the creature with Dual Casting attached and adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 3.

Cards: Dual Casting, Psychic Puppetry, Desperate Ritual

Displacer Kitten + Archaeomancer + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer. Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Seething Song from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song by paying {2}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Archaeomancer. Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Seething Song, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Displacer Kitten, Archaeomancer, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual

Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Desperate Ritual + Through the Breach

Other: Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana

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. Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying {2} and returning it to your hand, copying Desperate Ritual. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R} and putting Rootha from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat from step 2.

Cards: Rootha, Mercurial Artist, Desperate Ritual, Through the Breach

Izzet Guildmage + Lava Spike + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Damage: Infinite damage, Infinite magecraft triggers

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. Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}. Activate Izzet Guildmage's second ability by paying {2}{R}, copying Lava Spike, targeting an opponent. Resolve the copy of Lava Spike, adding {R}{R}{R} and dealing three damage to an opponent. Repeat from step 4.

Cards: Izzet Guildmage, Lava Spike, Desperate Ritual

Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Sneak Attack + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying {2} and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Desperate Ritual. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Activate Sneak Attack by paying {R}, putting Rootha from your hand onto the battlefield. Repeat from step 2. 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).

Cards: Rootha, Mercurial Artist, Sneak Attack, Desperate Ritual

Pili-Pala + Dual Casting + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Mana: Infinite colored mana, Infinite magecraft triggers

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying its mana cost. Holding priority, activate Pili-Pala by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Desperate Ritual. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Activate Pili-Pala by paying {2} and untapping it, adding one mana of any color. Repeat from step 2.

Cards: Pili-Pala, Dual Casting, Desperate Ritual

Mirror Sheen + Lava Spike + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Damage: Infinite damage

Cast Lava Spike, targeting yourself. Splice Desperate Ritual onto Lava Spike. Hold priority and activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike. Have the copy of Lava Spike target another player. Resolve the copy of Lava Spike. Using the RRR from the copy of Lava Spike's text from Desperate Ritual, activate Mirror Sheen, targeting Lava Spike. Repeat.

Cards: Mirror Sheen, Lava Spike, Desperate Ritual

Saheeli, Sublime Artificer + Underworld Breach + Grinding Station + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Mill: 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

Activate Grinding Station by tapping it and sacrificing another artifact, causing you to mill three cards. Cast Desperate Ritual from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {1}{R} and exiling three other cards from your graveyard. Saheeli triggers, creating a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token. The Servo enters the battlefield, triggering Grinding Station, untapping Grinding Station. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, Underworld Breach, Grinding Station, Desperate Ritual

Ill-Gotten Gains + Desperate Ritual + Pyretic Ritual + Reverberate

Other: Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual. Cast Pyretic Ritual. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains, holding priority. Cast Reverberate targeting Ill-Gotten Gains. Resolve the copies Ill-Gotten gains, returning Reverberate, Desperate Ritual, and Pyretic Ritual to your hand. Repeat for infinite storm count.

Cards: Ill-Gotten Gains, Desperate Ritual, Pyretic Ritual, Reverberate

Torchling + Dual Casting + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Holding priority, activate Torchling by paying {R} and tapping it, copying Desperate Ritual. Resolve the copy of Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Activate Torchling by paying {R}, untapping it. Repeat from step 2.

Cards: Torchling, Dual Casting, Desperate Ritual

Ill-Gotten Gains + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual + Reverberate

Other: Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains for {2}{B}{B} and hold priority. Cast Reverberate for {R}{R}, copying Ill-Gotten Gains. Resolve the copied Ill-Gotten Gains, discarding your hand and then returning Desperate Ritual, Seething Song, and Reverberate to your hand. Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 4.

Cards: Ill-Gotten Gains, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual, Reverberate

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Desperate Ritual + Rite of Flame

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. 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. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Rite of Flame by paying {R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Rite of Flame, adding {R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders, Displacer Kitten, Desperate Ritual, Rite of Flame

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Pyretic Ritual + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, searching your library and/or graveyard for Pyretic Ritual and putting it into your hand. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Pyretic Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Pyretic Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders, Displacer Kitten, Pyretic Ritual, Desperate Ritual

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, searching your library and/or graveyard for Seething Song and putting it into your hand. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song by paying {2}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Invasion of Arcavios. When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Seething Song, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders, Displacer Kitten, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual

Ill-Gotten Gains + Desperate Ritual + Pyretic Ritual + Increasing Vengeance

Other: Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual. Cast Pyretic Ritual. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains. Cast Increasing Vengeance targeting Ill-Gotten Gains. With the Ill-Gotten Gains copy return the other three cards to your hand. Repeat.

Cards: Ill-Gotten Gains, Desperate Ritual, Pyretic Ritual, Increasing Vengeance

Ill-Gotten Gains + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual + Increasing Vengeance

Other: Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Cast Ill-Gotten Gains for {2}{B}{B} and hold priority. Cast Increasing Vengeance for {R}{R}, copying Ill-Gotten Gains. Resolve the copied Ill-Gotten Gains, discarding your hand and then returning Desperate Ritual, Seething Song, and Increasing Vengeance to your hand. Cast Desperate Ritual for {1}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song for {2}{R}, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Repeat from step 4.

Cards: Ill-Gotten Gains, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual, Increasing Vengeance

Displacer Kitten + Mnemonic Wall + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other: Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite red mana, Infinite storm count

Cast Desperate Ritual by paying {1}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Mnemonic Wall. Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, returning Seething Song from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Desperate Ritual, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Seething Song by paying {2}{R}. Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Mnemonic Wall. Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, returning Desperate Ritual from your graveyard to your hand. Resolve Seething Song, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. Repeat.

Cards: Displacer Kitten, Mnemonic Wall, Seething Song, Desperate Ritual

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26 combos found

Reiterate

Desperate Ritual

Bonus Round

Reiterate + Desperate Ritual + Bonus Round

Other6.03 pieces

Reiterate

Desperate Ritual

Bonus Round

Ruby Medallion

Reiterate + Desperate Ritual + Bonus Round + Ruby Medallion

Other5.04 pieces

Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Desperate Ritual

Reiterate

Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Desperate Ritual + Reiterate

Other6.03 pieces

Dual Casting

Psychic Puppetry

Desperate Ritual

Dual Casting + Psychic Puppetry + Desperate Ritual

Other6.03 pieces

Displacer Kitten

Archaeomancer

Seething Song

Desperate Ritual

Displacer Kitten + Archaeomancer + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other5.04 pieces

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

Desperate Ritual

Through the Breach

Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Desperate Ritual + Through the Breach

Other6.03 pieces

Izzet Guildmage

Lava Spike

Desperate Ritual

Izzet Guildmage + Lava Spike + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Damage8.03 pieces

Rootha, Mercurial Artist

Sneak Attack

Desperate Ritual

Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Sneak Attack + Desperate Ritual

Other6.03 pieces

Pili-Pala

Dual Casting

Desperate Ritual

Pili-Pala + Dual Casting + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Mana6.03 pieces

Mirror Sheen

Lava Spike

Desperate Ritual

Mirror Sheen + Lava Spike + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Damage8.03 pieces

Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

Underworld Breach

Grinding Station

Desperate Ritual

Saheeli, Sublime Artificer + Underworld Breach + Grinding Station + Desperate Ritual

Infinite Mill5.04 pieces

Ill-Gotten Gains

Desperate Ritual

Pyretic Ritual

Reverberate

Ill-Gotten Gains + Desperate Ritual + Pyretic Ritual + Reverberate

Other5.04 pieces

Torchling

Dual Casting

Desperate Ritual

Torchling + Dual Casting + Desperate Ritual

Other6.03 pieces

Ill-Gotten Gains

Seething Song

Desperate Ritual

Reverberate

Ill-Gotten Gains + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual + Reverberate

Other5.04 pieces

Invasion of

Displacer Kitten

Desperate Ritual

Rite of Flame

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Desperate Ritual + Rite of Flame

Other5.04 pieces

Invasion of

Displacer Kitten

Pyretic Ritual

Desperate Ritual

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Pyretic Ritual + Desperate Ritual

Other5.04 pieces

Invasion of

Displacer Kitten

Seething Song

Desperate Ritual

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Displacer Kitten + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other5.04 pieces

Ill-Gotten Gains

Desperate Ritual

Pyretic Ritual

Increasing Vengeance

Ill-Gotten Gains + Desperate Ritual + Pyretic Ritual + Increasing Vengeance

Other5.04 pieces

Ill-Gotten Gains

Seething Song

Desperate Ritual

Increasing Vengeance

Ill-Gotten Gains + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual + Increasing Vengeance

Other5.04 pieces

Displacer Kitten

Mnemonic Wall

Seething Song

Desperate Ritual

Displacer Kitten + Mnemonic Wall + Seething Song + Desperate Ritual

Other5.04 pieces