the front side of Songs of the Damned
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Chthonian Nightmare
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ardent Elementalist
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Ardent Elementalist on the battlefield.
  2.  Songs of the Damned and Chthonian Nightmare in hand.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You have at least five creature cards in your graveyard, and one of those creature cards has mana value 2 or less.

Mana Needed

  1. one black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Songs of the Damned by paying one black mana, adding one black mana for each creature card in your graveyard.
  2. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying one generic manaone black mana.
  3. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter.
  4. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an energy counteran energy counter, sacrificing Ardent Elementalist, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying one generic manaone black mana.
  6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter.
  7. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of an energy counter equal to Ardent Elementalist's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Ardent Elementalist from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. When Ardent Elementalist enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite creature LTB.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite storm count.
  6. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  7. Infinite black mana.

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