the front side of Tenacious Dead
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Sifter of Skulls
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Blood Artist
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Steps

  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating ({B} magic symbol)  .
  2. Sifter of Skulls, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to generate ({1} magic symbol)   (Blood Artist triggers again).
  4. Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2.
  5. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  6. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite lifegain.
  4. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  5. Infinite lifeloss.
  6. Infinite LTB.

Metadata

  1. In 290 decks according to EDHREC.
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