the front side of Cordial Vampire
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Antler Skulkin
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashnod's Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control a white nontoken Vampire with toughness two or greater that does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.

Mana Needed

  1. ({2} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Antler Skulkin by paying ({2} magic symbol)  , giving the nontoken white Vampire persist until end of turn.
  2. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Vampire, adding ({C} magic symbol)  ({C} magic symbol)  .
  3. The Vampire dies, triggering its persist ability and Cordial Vampire.
  4. Resolve the Vampire's persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  5. Resolve the Cordial Vampire trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
  6. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite ETB.
  4. Infinite LTB.
  5. Infinite sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 9 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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