the front side of Skeleton Ship
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Thornbite Staff
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Nest of Scarabs
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Skeleton Ship without summoning sickness and Thornbite Staff attached to Skeleton Ship).

Notable Prerequisites

  1. A player controls another creature with toughness equal to 1.

Steps

  1. Activate Skeleton Ship by tapping it, putting a -1/-1 counter on target creature with toughness equal to 1.
  2. The creature dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness, triggering Nest of Scarabs and Skeleton Ship.
  3. Resolve the Nest of Scarabs trigger, creating a creature token.
  4. Resolve the Skeleton Ship trigger, untapping it.
  5. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite LTB.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite death triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 102 decks according to EDHREC.

Variants of this combo

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