I understand most people here aren't into hyper competitive play, but i invented a weird cool broken ritual thing.
I have a
Tymna Thrasios combo deck (infinite manas or
Ad Nauseam or
Doomsday) and i played a turn 2
Necropotence. Which is normally really really good, but i hit virtually nothing of any importance and burned a ton of life with no payoffs. I had Ad Nauseam in hand but no life draw my deck with. On my last opponents end step i cast
Tainted pact. I wrote down each piece of my infinite mana combos, all 3 win conditions (
Laboratory Maniac,
Walking Ballista, and
Tendrils of Agony). It's important not to exile your necessary cards. I knew the only out i had was not a single card but that i needed multiple and AdNaus with
Angel's Grace was it. I burned through both my infinite mana combos, then Ballista, then Tendrils. My only win was reaching Angel's Grace before Lab Man or i flat lose, but i hit the Grace and Lab Man is in the deck. Phew!
I go to my turn and cast Grace and Ad Naus without using my Mox Opal and and Mox Diamond. It was turn 5 and i also have a Mana Crypt i used to cast, but was tapped out of lands.
AdNaus resolves and i have about 15 cards left in my library, put them into my hand including Lab Man and
Mana Vault. We look through my new hand and we all slowly realize i have no cantrips in the pile!! With Thrasios still in the command zone it is a very pricey 9 mana to cast Lab Man AND draw a single card. I start getting uncomfortable and everyone else is sure that i cannot win.
I play a land for turn and have 3 mana. Continue thinking hard and being awkward. I tap Opal/Diamond for UG and save it for Thrasios later, my new land for U to cast
Chain of Vapor targeting my Opal. Everyone goes "ummm okay...?". Copy the spell sacrificing a land and targeting Diamond. Everyone goes "oohhh...". Copy the spell by sacrificing a land targeting Mana Crypt, then copy the spell targeting my Sol Ring an opponent stole. I have nothing on board for them to bother targeting because Lab Man and Thrasios are not even in play and i have
Spellskite, which they bounce anyway and i sac my remaining land to bounce an innocent token of someone else's for fun.
I replay Ring, Crypt, Diamond, Opal, and then cast Mana Vault from hand for exactly 9 mana to play Thrasios, Lab Man, activate Thrasios for the win.
Some of my most creative play yet! I love games that are puzzles to be solved and this one was very challenging. Any other sequence would have made me lose, rng could have made me lose. I had to go all in and not back down with Tainted Pact when i exiled really great cards and felt nervous.