the front side of Marath, Will of the Wild
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Mana Echoes
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, G, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Marath in the command zone.
  2.  Mana Echoes and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.
  3.  Marath must be your commander.

Mana Needed

  1. ({R} magic symbol)  ({G} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)   plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available.

Steps

  1. Cast Marath from the command zone by paying ({R} magic symbol)  ({G} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)   and commander tax, if applicable, causing it to enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.
  2. When Marath enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding ({C} magic symbol)   for each Elemental and Beast on the battlefield.
  3. Activate Marath by paying ({1} magic symbol)   and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Elemental creature token.
  4. When the Elemental enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding ({C} magic symbol)   for each Elemental on the battlefield.
  5. Repeat from step 3 until Marath has one +1/+1 counter on it.
  6. Activate Marath by paying ({1} magic symbol)   and removing a +1/+1 counter from it.
  7. Marath dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  8. Choose to return Marath to the command zone from your graveyard.
  9. Resolve the Marath ability, creating a 1/1 Elemental creature token.
  10. When the Elemental enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding ({C} magic symbol)   for each Elemental on the battlefield.
  11. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing three Elementals, adding ({R} magic symbol)  ({G} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)  .
  12. Repeat.
  13. Once you have infinite colorless mana and Elemental tokens, you may cast Marath, causing it to enter with an arbitrarily large number of +1/+1 counters, and choose Marath's other modes instead.

Results

  1. Infinite colored mana.
  2. Infinite colorless mana.
  3. Infinite commander casts.
  4. Infinite creature tokens.
  5. Infinite damage.
  6. Infinite death triggers.
  7. Infinite ETB.
  8. Infinite LTB.
  9. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  10. Infinite storm count.
  11. Infinite creature tokens that are infinitely large.
  12. Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.

Metadata

  1. In 162 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Ruthless (Bracket 4+).



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