the front side of Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Crystalline Crawler
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Persistent Specimen
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R, G, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Persistent Specimen in your graveyard.
  2.  All other permanents on the battlefield (Szarel with power 3 or greater).

Mana Needed

  1. two generic manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Persistent Specimen by paying two generic manaone black mana, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  2. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Persistent Specimen.
  3. When Persistent Specimen is sacrificed, Szarel triggers, putting a number of +1/+1 counters equal to Szarel's power on Crystalline Crawler.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Activate Crystalline Crawler three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding two generic manaone black mana.
  6. Repeat.

Notes

  1. This combo can put infinite +1/+1 counters on each creature you control except Szarel so long as its power is greater than the mana needed to activate the creature's ability from your graveyard.

Results

  1. Infinite artifact tokens.
  2. Infinite creature LTB.
  3. Infinite creature ETB.
  4. Infinite colored mana.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  6. Infinite death triggers.
  7. Infinite self-discard triggers.
  8. Infinite draw triggers.
  9. Infinite rummaging.
  10. Infinite Blood tokens.
  11. Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.

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