the front side of Kalamax, the Stormsire
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Chandra's Ignition
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Return the Favor
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: G, U, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Kalamax on the battlefield.
  2.  Chandra's Ignition and Return the Favor in hand.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Kalamax is tapped.
  2. You have not cast any instant spell this turn.

Mana Needed

  1. ({4} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Chandra's Ignition by paying ({3} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  2. Holding priority, cast Return the Favor with its first mode selected by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  3. Kalamax's first and second abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the first ability, creating a copy of Return the Favor targeting Chanrda's Ignition.
  5. Resolve the second ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.
  6. Resolve the Return the Favor copy, creating a copy of Return the Favor.
  7. Kalamax's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  8. Repeat from step 6 any number of times.
  9. Once you have an arbitrarily large Kalamax, resolve Chandra's Ignition, causing Kalamax to deal damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Results

  1. Infinite damage.
  2. Infinite +1/+1 counters on Kalamax.

Metadata

  1. In 553 decks according to EDHREC.

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