PremodernHQ Reference Card

Tolarian Academy + Mind Over Matter + Stroke of Genius

Archetype:

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U

Metadata

Difficultyadvanced
LegalityContains Banned
FormatStandard Premodern

The Result

"Deck the opponent out"

Required Cards

Tolarian Academy

Taps for {U} per artifact you control: explosive mana with a developed board

Mind Over Matter

Discard a card to untap Tolarian Academy, recycling its mana

Stroke of Genius

Sink the mana into an X-draw aimed at the opponent to deck them out

Execution Steps

1

Build a board of artifacts so Tolarian Academy taps for a large amount of {U}.

2

Resolve Mind Over Matter and have Stroke of Genius in hand.

3

Tap Tolarian Academy for mana, then discard a card to Mind Over Matter to untap it and tap again, netting mana each cycle while cards remain to pitch.

4

Refill your hand with a wheel (e.g. Windfall / Time Spiral) to keep feeding Mind Over Matter and grow the mana pool.

5

Cast Stroke of Genius for X at the opponent, forcing them to draw their entire library and lose on their next draw.

Important Rules Notes

The loop is bounded by cards available to discard to Mind Over Matter, so it pairs with a draw-seven refill to approach arbitrarily large mana rather than a true unbounded loop. Each Academy untap only nets mana when the Academy taps for more than the one card discarded is worth, i.e. when you control multiple artifacts. Tolarian Academy is banned in Premodern; Mind Over Matter and Stroke of Genius are legal.

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