the front side of Phenax, God of Deception
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Sewer Nemesis
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cut Your Losses
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Cut Your Losses in hand.
  2.  Phenax and Sewer Nemesis on the battlefield (Sewer Nemesis without summoning sickness).

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Optionally, you control an additional creature with power 2 or greater.

Mana Needed

  1. ({4} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Cut Your Losses by paying ({4} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  , causing the player named by Sewer Nemesis to mill half their library, rounded down.
  2. Activate Sewer Nemesis by tapping it, causing the player to mill cards equal to the cards in their graveyard, milling the remainder of their library.

Notes

  1. The player will mill their entire library unless, when the combo was started, their graveyard was empty and their deck size was odd. In this case, you can tap another creature via Phenax or use another method to mill the one remaining card. You can also pay the casualty cost of Cut Your Losses to mill another player, if desired, for half their library.

Results

  1. Infinite self-mill.
  2. Infinite mill for target opponent.
  3. Near-infinite mill for target opponent.

Metadata

  1. In 1985 decks according to EDHREC.

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