the front side of Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Herd Baloth
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Intruder Alarm
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, G, U

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control at least one additional creature.
  2. Xavier Sal does not have summoning sickness.
  3. Herd Baloth has at least one +1/+1 counter on it.

Steps

  1. Activate Xavier Sal's second ability by tapping it and sacrificing any other creature you control, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
  2. Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
  3. When the Beast enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. Repeat.
  5. Once you have infinite +1/+1 counters on Herd Baloth, you may instead use Xavier Sal's first ability to get infinite copies of creature tokens you control.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature.
  2. Infinite copies of creature tokens you control.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite ETB.
  5. Infinite LTB.
  6. Infinite mana creatures you control can produce.
  7. Infinite proliferate.
  8. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  9. Infinite untap of creatures.
  10. Infinite untap of creatures you control.

Metadata

  1. In 128 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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