Elite Arcanist + Jinxed Ring + Mind Over Matter + and 2 others

Mana needed: {4}

UB identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

You control a land that can produce {B}.
You are about to lose the game.
Elite Arcanist does not have summoning sickness.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Elite Arcanist by paying {4} and tapping it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
  2. Let the event that would cause you to lose happen, but instead draw seven cards and set your life total to 1.
  3. Activate Mind Over Matter seven times by discarding seven cards, untapping Elite Arcanist and six lands you control.
  4. Activate those lands by tapping them, adding {5}{B}.
  5. Activate Jinxed Ring by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
  6. Jinxed Ring triggers.
  7. In response, activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  8. Activate Elite Arcanist by paying {4} and tapping it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
  9. Let the Jinxed Ring trigger resolve, dealing 1 damage to you.
  10. Repeat from step 2 until there are fewer than seven cards remaining in your library.
  11. Resolve all Jinxed Ring abilities, causing an opponent to gain control of Jinxed Ring.

What the combo produces