the front side of Illuminor Szeras
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Thornbite Staff
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Gravewaker
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness.
  2. Thornbite Staff attached to Illuminor Szeras.
  3. You control another nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater.

Steps

  1. Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value eight or greater, adding at least eight ({B} magic symbol)  .
  2. The creature dies, triggering Illuminor Szeras, untapping Illuminor Szeras.
  3. Activate Gravewaker by paying ({5} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  , returning the creature with mana value eight or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite black mana.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite ETB.
  4. Infinite LTB.
  5. Infinite sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 4 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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