the front side of Doomsday
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Gush
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Gitaxian Probe
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Lion's Eye Diamond
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Yawgmoth's Will
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Laboratory Maniac
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Doomsday in hand.
  2.   All other cards in your graveyard or in your library.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least 2.
  2. You have a way to draw a card.
  3. You control at least four Islands.

Mana Needed

  1. one blue mana or two lifeone blue mana or two lifeone black manaone black manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Doomsday by paying one black manaone black manaone black mana, searching your library and graveyard for Gush, Gitaxian Probe, Lion's Eye Diamond, Yawgmoth's Will and Laboratory Maniac, then exiling the rest of your library and graveyard, putting the aforementioned cards on top of your library in that order, and causing you to lose half your life total, rounded up.
  2. Draw Gush from the top of your library.
  3. Cast Gush by returning two Islands you control from the battlefield to your hand, causing you to draw Gitaxian Probe and Lion's Eye Diamond.
  4. Cast Lion's Eye Diamond by paying zero mana.
  5. Cast Gitaxian Probe by paying one blue mana or two life.
  6. Holding priority, activate Lion's Eye Diamond by sacrificing it and discarding your hand, adding one black manaone black manaone black mana.
  7. Resolve Gitaxian Probe, causing you to look at a player's hand and draw Yawgmoth's Will.
  8. Cast Yawgmoth's Will by paying two generic manaone black mana, allowing you to cast spells from your graveyard this turn.
  9. Cast Lion's Eye Diamond from your graveyard by paying zero mana.
  10. Activate Lion's Eye Diamond by sacrificing it and discarding your hand, adding one blue manaone blue manaone blue mana.
  11. Lion's Eye Diamond is exiled instead of being put into your graveyard due to Yawgmoth's Will.
  12. Cast Gitaxian Probe from your graveyard by paying one blue mana or two life, causing you to look at a player's hand and draw Laboratory Maniac.
  13. Gitaxian Probe is exiled instead of being put into your graveyard due to Yawgmoth's Will.
  14. Cast Laboratory Maniac by paying two generic manaone blue mana.
  15. Cast Gush from your graveyard by returning two Islands you control from the battlefield to your hand, causing you to draw two cards and win the game due to drawing from an empty library.

Results

  1. Win the game.

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