the front side of The Jolly Balloon Man
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Agatha's Soul Cauldron
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Midnight Guard
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Mana Echoes
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, W

Initial Card State

  1.  The Jolly Balloon Man in exile (exiled by Agatha's Soul Cauldron).
  2.  All other permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Midnight Guard has at least one +1/+1 counter on it.
  2. Midnight Guard does not have summoning sickness.
  3. You control at least one additional nonlegendary creature.

Mana Needed

  1. ({1} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Midnight Guard using The Jolly Balloon Man's ability by paying ({1} magic symbol)   and tapping it, creating a token copy of another nonlegendary creature you control that is a 1/1 Balloon with flying and haste in addition to its other types.
  2. When the creature token enters the battlefield, Midnight Guard and Mana Echoes trigger.
  3. Resolve the Midnight Guard trigger, untapping it.
  4. Resolve the Mana Echoes trigger, adding ({C} magic symbol)   for each creature you control that shares a creature type with the creature token.
  5. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite LTB.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite colorless mana.
  6. Infinite creature tokens with haste.
  7. Infinite copies of most creatures you control with haste.

Metadata

  1. In 2 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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