So, I came up with a variation of the previous Conjurer's Ban puzzle. Here's the set up:
Your opponent went infinite, capsized your board, time twistered, tormod's crypted your graveyard, played elish norn, pacifism on elish norn, cast Sphere of Safety, cast Uba Mask, cast Nevermore naming Dark Ritual, cast Liquimetal Coating, made Nevermore an artifact, cast Karn, Silver Golem, made nevermore a creature, cast Soulfire Grand Master, cast Mirror Gallery, cast Mangara of Corondor, cast rite of replication kicked targeting Mangara and bought back with Soulfire Grand Master. Then they copy Nevermore for every non-land card in the game, ending with rite of replication. Then they use Mangara to exile liquimetal coating, Karn and Soulfire Grand Master. They then pass turn, and dare you to kill them. For simplicity, assume they have 15,000 Nevermores. How quickly can you kill them? They're at 20 life, 0 poison counters, 49 cards in their deck, 7 cards in hand. You have 7 cards in hand, you can stack your deck, and have up to 4 copies of non-basic cards.
Simple version: There's an Uba Mask, a Sphere of Safety, a PacifiedElesh Norn, and a Nevermore naming every non-land card on your opponent's side, you have no cards in play, and you can stack your deck. How fast can you win? [links added for convenience]
Proof that you can win: If your deck is 30,000 Forests, your hand contains 6 forests and a Treetop Village, you can play the Treetop Village, play all the forests, then activate treetop each turn, pay for the sphere, and swing 20 turns in a row. 30,024 turns.
Exile two Simian Spirit Guides and tap Glimmervoid to cast Gathan Raiders face down.
Turn it face up, discarding Golgari Grave-Troll.
Cycle Street Wraith, replacing the card drawing with dredge, which gets one Narcomoeba, four Sword of the Meek, and one Fatestitcher. The Narcomoeba returns to the battlefield; return the Swords of the Meek to the battlefield.
Play Tolarian Academy and tap it to get four blue mana.
Cast Proteus Machine face down and turn it face up; it doen not matter what creature type is chosen.
Unearth Fatestitcher with the last blue mana and use it to untap and tap Tolarian Academy, getting five blue mana this time.
Cycle Esper Sojourners and untap and tap Tolarian Academy, then do that three more times, ending up with thirteen blue mana.
Cast Riptide Survivor face down and turn it face up with seven blue mana left; discard Golgari Grave-Troll and draw three cards.
Cast Coral Trickster face down and turn it face up; untap and tap Tolarian Academy, ending up with eight blue mana.
Cast another Coral Trickster face down and turn it face up; untap and tap Tolarian Academy, ending up with nine blue mana.
Cast Weaver of Lies face down and turn it face up with one blue mana left; turn Riptide Survivor and the two Coral Tricksters face down.
Turn a Coral Trickster face up with the remaining blue mana, and untap and tap Tolarian Academy, getting five blue mana.
Do the same with the other Coral Trickster, ending up with nine blue mana.
Turn Riptide Survivor face up with six blue mana left; discard nothing and draw three cards.
Cast Vesuvan Shapeshifter face down and turn it face up, leaving one blue mana; make it a copy of Weaver of Lies, and turn Weaver of Lies and the two Coral Tricksters face down.
Now Weaver of Lies, Vesuvan Shapeshifter, and the Coral Tricksters can be repeatedly turned face down and up to get infinite blue mana; Riptide Survivor and Glimmervoid can be hit to get mana of other colours and draw cards. Repeatedly cycle Resounding Thunder, discarding Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with Riptide Survivor to get it back, dealing damage to the opponent as many times as necessary.
Something similar does work! (Edit: The following post is correct.)
Begin in the same way up to the dredge, which this time gets four Narcomoebas and two Fatestitchers.
Exile a Simian Spirit Guide and tap Glimmervoid to get two mana.
Play Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and activate its second ability to get four blue mana.
Unearth both Fatestitchers, then untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, twice, ending up with ten blue mana.
Cast Riptide Survivor face down and turn it face up, leaving four blue mana; discard Golgari Grave-Troll and replace one of the three card drawings with its dredge, getting the remaining two Fatestitchers and four arbitrary cards.
Unearth those two Fatestitchers. Use one to tap and untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, which gives nine blue mana for a total of eleven.
Cast Coral Trickster and Master of the Veil face down (five blue mana left), turn the latter face up and target Riptide Survivor, and in response to that triggered ability, turn Coral Trickster face up leaving three blue mana, and tap and untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, going up to twelve blue mana; now Riptide Survivor is turned face down; turn it face up (nine blue mana left); discard Golgari Grave-Troll again and draw three new cards.
Cast two more Coral Tricksters face down (three blue mana left); turn one face up; untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, getting twelve blue mana. Turn the other face up and untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, getting thirteen blue mana, making a total of twenty-two. Do it again with the fourth Fatestitcher, ending up with thirty-three blue mana.
Cast Weaver of Lies face down, and now Weaver of Lies, Master of the Veil, and the Coral Tricksters can be repeatedly turned face down and up to get infinite blue mana; Riptide Survivor and Glimmervoid can be hit to get mana of other colours and draw cards. Repeatedly cycle Resounding Thunder, discarding Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with Riptide Survivor to get it back, dealing damage to the opponent as many times as necessary.
I have a new puzzle although I think it should actually be declared a challenge: [ . . . ]
Here's my attempt.
During your draw step, draw one card, so you have 8.
During your precombat main phase, play Mutavault and exile two Simian Spirit Guides to get RR with which to activate the second ability of Mutavault and activate the channel ability of Shinen of Fury's Fire, targeting Mutavault. You have four cards left.
During combat, have Mutavault attack, then exile two more Simian Spirit Guides and tap Glimmervoid to get RRG, and activate the bloodrush abilities of Rubblebelt Maaka and Ghor-Clan Rampager targeting Mutavault, which becomes 9/9 and gains trample, and deals 9 damage to the opponent.
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– and add a few more permanents: Anafenza, the Foremost enchanted with a second Pacifism, and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner enchanted with a third Pacifism. How fast can you win now?
Exile two Simian Spirit Guides and tap Glimmervoid to cast Gathan Raiders face down.
Turn it face up, discarding Golgari Grave-Troll.
Cycle Street Wraith, replacing the card drawing with dredge, which gets one Narcomoeba, four Sword of the Meek, and one Fatestitcher. The Narcomoeba returns to the battlefield; return the Swords of the Meek to the battlefield.
Play Tolarian Academy and tap it to get four blue mana.
Cast Proteus Machine face down and turn it face up; it doen not matter what creature type is chosen.
Unearth Fatestitcher with the last blue mana and use it to untap and tap Tolarian Academy, getting five blue mana this time.
Cycle Esper Sojourners and untap and tap Tolarian Academy, then do that three more times, ending up with thirteen blue mana.
Cast Riptide Survivor face down and turn it face up with seven blue mana left; discard Golgari Grave-Troll and draw three cards.
Cast Coral Trickster face down and turn it face up; untap and tap Tolarian Academy, ending up with eight blue mana.
Cast another Coral Trickster face down and turn it face up; untap and tap Tolarian Academy, ending up with nine blue mana.
Cast Weaver of Lies face down and turn it face up with one blue mana left; turn Riptide Survivor and the two Coral Tricksters face down.
Turn a Coral Trickster face up with the remaining blue mana, and untap and tap Tolarian Academy, getting five blue mana.
Do the same with the other Coral Trickster, ending up with nine blue mana.
Turn Riptide Survivor face up with six blue mana left; discard nothing and draw three cards.
Cast Vesuvan Shapeshifter face down and turn it face up, leaving one blue mana; make it a copy of Weaver of Lies, and turn Weaver of Lies and the two Coral Tricksters face down.
Now Weaver of Lies, Vesuvan Shapeshifter, and the Coral Tricksters can be repeatedly turned face down and up to get infinite blue mana; Riptide Survivor and Glimmervoid can be hit to get mana of other colours and draw cards. Repeatedly cycle Resounding Thunder, discarding Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with Riptide Survivor to get it back, dealing damage to the opponent as many times as necessary.
Something similar does work!(Edit: The following post is correct.)Begin in the same way up to the dredge, which this time gets four Narcomoebas and two Fatestitchers.
Exile a Simian Spirit Guide and tap Glimmervoid to get two mana.
Play Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx and activate its second ability to get four blue mana.
Unearth both Fatestitchers, then untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, twice, ending up with ten blue mana.
Cast Riptide Survivor face down and turn it face up, leaving four blue mana; discard Golgari Grave-Troll and replace one of the three card drawings with its dredge, getting the remaining two Fatestitchers and four arbitrary cards.
Unearth those two Fatestitchers. Use one to tap and untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, which gives nine blue mana for a total of eleven.
Cast Coral Trickster and Master of the Veil face down (five blue mana left), turn the latter face up and target Riptide Survivor, and in response to that triggered ability, turn Coral Trickster face up leaving three blue mana, and tap and untap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, going up to twelve blue mana; now Riptide Survivor is turned face down; turn it face up (nine blue mana left); discard Golgari Grave-Troll again and draw three new cards.
Cast two more Coral Tricksters face down (three blue mana left); turn one face up; untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, getting twelve blue mana. Turn the other face up and untap and tap Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, getting thirteen blue mana, making a total of twenty-two. Do it again with the fourth Fatestitcher, ending up with thirty-three blue mana.
Cast Weaver of Lies face down, and now Weaver of Lies, Master of the Veil, and the Coral Tricksters can be repeatedly turned face down and up to get infinite blue mana; Riptide Survivor and Glimmervoid can be hit to get mana of other colours and draw cards. Repeatedly cycle Resounding Thunder, discarding Emrakul, the Aeons Torn with Riptide Survivor to get it back, dealing damage to the opponent as many times as necessary.
Here's my attempt.
During your draw step, draw one card, so you have 8.
During your precombat main phase, play Mutavault and exile two Simian Spirit Guides to get RR with which to activate the second ability of Mutavault and activate the channel ability of Shinen of Fury's Fire, targeting Mutavault. You have four cards left.
During combat, have Mutavault attack, then exile two more Simian Spirit Guides and tap Glimmervoid to get RRG, and activate the bloodrush abilities of Rubblebelt Maaka and Ghor-Clan Rampager targeting Mutavault, which becomes 9/9 and gains trample, and deals 9 damage to the opponent.