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Color Identity: W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Scourge of the Skyclaves in hand.
  2.  Astarion on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least 2.

Mana Needed

  1. ({5} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Scourge of the Skyclaves with kicker by paying ({5} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  2. Scourge of the Skyclaves triggers, causing each player to lose life equal to half their life total, rounded up.
  3. At the beginning of your end step, Astarion triggers, causing an opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn.
  4. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

Results

  1. Near-infinite lifeloss.
  2. Target opponent loses the game.

Metadata

  1. In 722 decks according to EDHREC.
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