the front side of Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Spawning Pit
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Resourceful Defense
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control at least one additional nontoken creature with a coin counter on it.

Steps

  1. Activate Spawning Pit by sacrificing the creature with a coin counter on it.
  2. When the creature dies, Athreos's second ability and Resourceful Defense's ability trigger.
  3. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting a coin counter onto itself as well as +1/+1 counters if those were present.
  4. Resolve the Athreos trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Resolve the Spawning Pit ability from step 1.
  6. Activate Spawning Pit by sacrificing Resourceful Defense.
  7. When Resourceful Defense dies, it and Athreos's second ability trigger.
  8. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting a coin counter and +1/+1 counters onto the other nontoken creature.
  9. Resolve the Athreos trigger, returning Resourceful Defense from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  10. Resolve the Spawning Pit ability from step 6.
  11. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite charge counters on a permanent.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  5. Infinite death triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 12 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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