the front side of Fain, the Broker
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Puppeteer Clique
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashnod's Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Puppeteer Clique does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.
  2. Fain does not have summoning sickness.
  3. An opponent has at least one creature card in their graveyard.

Steps

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana.
  2. Puppeteer Clique dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Puppeteer Clique enters the battlefield, putting any creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  4. Activate Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing the -1/-1 counter from Puppeteer Clique, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding one black mana.
  6. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature your opponent owns, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana.
  7. Activate Fain's fourth ability by paying three generic manaone black mana, untapping it.
  8. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite colorless mana.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite creature ETB.
  4. Infinite creature LTB.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

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