the front side of The Thing
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Resourceful Defense
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Sage of Hours
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, G, W, U

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (The Thing without summoning sickness).

Notable Prerequisites

  1. An opponent cannot block and kill The Thing.
  2. You control a creature that has five or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Mana Needed

  1. four generic manaone red manaone green manaone white manaone white manaone blue mana each turn available.

Steps

  1. Declare The Thing as an attacker. Its second ability triggers, causing you to pay one red manaone green manaone white manaone blue mana to double the number of +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.
  2. Activate Resourceful Defense by paying four generic manaone white mana, moving five +1/+1 counters from a creature to Sage of Hours.
  3. Activate Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  4. Repeat each turn.

Notes

  1. If you cast a noncreature spell before combat, you can put four +1/+1 counters on The Thing. This means if it had a +1/+1 counter to start, it can serve as the creature with five or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Results

  1. Infinite turns.

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