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 Shipwreck Dowser
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Shipwreck Dowser 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 1 or less.

Mana Needed

  1. ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Songs of the Damned by paying ({B} magic symbol)  .
  2. Shipwreck Dowser's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
  3. Resolve Songs of the Damned, adding ({B} magic symbol)   for each creature card in your graveyard.
  4. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  5. Shipwreck Dowser's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
  6. Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, triggering itself, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  7. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({E} magic symbol)  , sacrificing Shipwreck Dowser, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  9. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  10. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of ({E} magic symbol)   equal to Shipwreck Dowser's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Shipwreck Dowser from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  11. When Shipwreck Dowser enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand.
  12. 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.

Metadata

  1. In 2 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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