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 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
the back side of Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak on the battlefield (as Pinnacle Monk).
  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. Pinnacle Monk'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. Pinnacle Monk's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn.
  6. Chthonian Nightmare enters, 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 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak, 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 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  11. When Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak 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 639 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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