the front side of Goblin Engineer
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Crime Novelist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Thornbite Staff
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Goblin Engineer without summoning sickness and Thornbite Staff attached to Goblin Engineer).

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control a nontoken artifact creature with mana value 3 or less.
  2. You have an artifact creature card in your graveyard with mana value 3 or less.

Mana Needed

  1. ({R} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Goblin Engineer by paying ({R} magic symbol)  , tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken artifact creature with mana value 3 or less, targeting another artifact creature with mana value 3 or less in your graveyard.
  2. When the artifact creature dies, Goblin Engineer and Crime Novelist triggers.
  3. Resolve the Goblin Engineer trigger, untapping it.
  4. Resolve the Crime Novelist trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and adding ({R} magic symbol)  .
  5. Resolve the Goblin Engineer ability, returning the targeted artifact creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Repeat.

Results

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

Metadata

  1. In 532 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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