the front side of Heartless Hidetsugu
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Tainted Strike
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Tainted Strike in hand.
  2.  Heartless Hidetsugu on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Heartless Hidetsugu does not have summoning sickness.
  2. Your opponents have a life total of twenty or greater, minus two for each poison counter they have.
  3. Your life total is no greater than nineteen, minus two for each poison counter you have.

Mana Needed

  1. ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Tainted Strike by paying ({B} magic symbol)  , giving Heartless Hidetsugu +1/+0 and infect until end of turn.
  2. Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing each player to get a number of poison counters equal to half their life total, rounded down.
  3. Each opponent loses the game due to having ten or more poison counters.

Results

  1. Each opponent loses the game.

Metadata

  1. In 969 decks according to EDHREC.
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