the front side of Wheel of Misfortune
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cho-Arrim Alchemist
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Wheel of Misfortune in hand.
  2.  Cho-Arrim Alchemist on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Cho-Arrim Alchemist does not have summoning sickness.
  2. You have at least one additional card in hand.

Mana Needed

  1. three generic manaone red manaone white manaone white mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Wheel of Misfortune by paying two generic manaone red mana.
  2. Holding priority, activate Cho-Arrim Alchemist by paying one generic manaone white manaone white mana, tapping it and discarding a card, preventing all damage dealt by Wheel of Misfortune to you, and causing you to gain that much life.
  3. Resolve Wheel of Misfortune, choosing an arbitrarily large number, and causing you to gain life equal to the number you chose if you chose the largest number.
  4. If you didn't choose the largest number, Wheel of Misfortune deals that much damage to each opponent who chose the largest number.

Results

  1. Near-infinite lifegain.

Metadata

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SpicyBracket 3-4+

Probably 3 or 4, but hard to classify

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