the front side of Guile
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Temporal Extortion
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Aetherflux Reservoir
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Temporal Extortion in hand.
  2.  Guile and Aetherflux Reservoir on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. one black manaone black manaone black manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Temporal Extortion by paying one black manaone black manaone black manaone black mana.
  2. Temporal Extortion and Aetherflux Reservoir trigger.
  3. Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
  4. Resolve the Temporal Extortion trigger, causing you to pay half your life total, rounded up, and then exile Temporal Extortion and cast it without paying its mana cost due to Guile.
  5. Repeat.
  6. Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).

Results

  1. Infinite damage.
  2. Infinite lifegain.
  3. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  4. Infinite lifeloss.
  5. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  6. Infinite storm count.

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CoreBracket 2+

For unoptimized decks in bracket 2+

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