I’m looking for the combo using the fewest cards from the start of the game that allows you to generate unlimited mana using Historic-legal cards. It doesn’t have to be viable or practical, but I have two restrictions:
- No using Codie, Vociferous Codex, because I need to cast permanent spells for what I’m trying to pull off and Codie doesn’t allow that.
- The opening hand may be assumed. If a solution requires more than 7 cards, you may assume perfect results from random events. If it requires 7 or fewer cards it must be deterministic.
I devised a method using 11 cards over 4 turns, requiring you to be on the draw and draw perfectly.
- Play Botanical Sanctum and tap it to cast Llanowar Elves
- Play Lotus Field, tap Sanctum to cast Stifle targeting Lotus Field’s trigger, and tap one Llanowar Elves to cast another
- Play an untapped land, tap everything to cast Chromatic Orrery, tap it for 5 to cast Irencrag Feat, then spend that mana to cast Nyxbloom Ancient
- Cast Circle of Dreams Druid and enchant it with Gauntlets of Light
I’m sure this can be improved.