Color Identity: U

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Thornbite Staff attached to Goldberry.
  2. Goldberry does not have summoning sickness.
  3. Goldberry and Geralf's Mindcrusher do not have a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. You have at least one card in hand.

Steps

  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Geralf's Mindcrusher, adding ({U} magic symbol)  .
  2. When Geralf's Mindcrusher dies, its undying ability and Goldberry trigger.
  3. Resolve the Geralf's Mindcrusher trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. When Geralf's Mindcrusher enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing a player to mill five cards.
  5. Holding priority, activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Goldberry.
  6. Activate Goldberry's first ability by tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Geralf's Mindcrusher onto Goldberry.
  7. Resolve the Goldberry trigger from step 2, untapping it.
  8. Activate Goldberry's second ability by paying ({U} magic symbol)   and tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Goldberry onto any permanent except Geralf's Mindcrusher, and causing you to draw a card.
  9. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite draw triggers.
  2. Infinite rummaging.
  3. Infinite self-discard triggers.
  4. Near-infinite +1/+1 counters.
  5. Near-infinite death triggers.
  6. Near-infinite ETB.
  7. Near-infinite LTB.
  8. Near-infinite mill.
  9. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 2 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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