the front side of Selvala, Explorer Returned
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Tolarian Kraken
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: G, W, U

Initial Card State

  1.  Selvala and Tolarian Kraken on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Selvala does not have summoning sickness.

Steps

  1. Activate Selvala by tapping it, causing each player to reveal the top card of their library, then causing you to add ({G} magic symbol)   and gain 1 life for each nonland card revealed this way, then causing each player to draw a card.
  2. Tolarian Kraken triggers, causing you to pay ({1} magic symbol)   to untap Selvala.
  3. Repeat.
  4. NOTE: If everyone would happen to reveal a land, Selvala makes no mana, and therefore you will need to supplement mana to pay for Tolarian Kraken's trigger if you have no mana in your mana pool.

Results

  1. Near-infinite card draw for all players.
  2. Near-infinite draw triggers for all players.
  3. Near-infinite green mana.
  4. Near-infinite lifegain.
  5. Near-infinite lifegain triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 126 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Spicy (Bracket 3-4+).



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