Escape Protocol + Palinchron + Scholar of the Ages

U identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least {5}{U}{U}.
You control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least {2} plus enough mana to cycle both cycling cards.

How to execute it

  1. Activate up to five lands you control, adding at least {2} plus enough mana to cycle both instant / sorcery cards.
  2. Activate an instant or sorcery's cycling ability by paying its cycling cost and discarding it.
  3. Escape Protocol triggers, causing you to pay {1} to blink Palinchron.
  4. When Palinchron enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to five lands.
  5. Resolve the cycling ability, causing you to draw a card.
  6. Activate an instant or sorcery's cycling ability by paying its cycling cost and discarding it.
  7. Escape Protocol triggers, causing you to pay {1} to blink Scholar of the Ages.
  8. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the two cycling cards from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Resolve the cycling ability, causing you to draw a card.
  10. Repeat.

What the combo produces