the front side of Marneus Calgar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashnod's Altar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Pitiless Plunderer
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. six generic mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Marneus by paying six generic mana, creating two 2/2 Astartes Warrior creature tokens.
  2. The tokens enter the battlefield, triggering Marneus, causing you to draw a card.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar two times by sacrificing the Astartes Warriors, adding one colorless manaone colorless manaone colorless manaone colorless mana.
  4. The Astartes Warriors die, triggering Pitiless Plunderer twice, creating two Treasure tokens.
  5. The Treasures enter the battlefield, triggering Marneus, causing you to draw a card.
  6. Activate the two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two generic mana.
  7. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw.
  2. Infinite draw triggers.
  3. Near-infinite death triggers.
  4. Near-infinite creature ETB.
  5. Near-infinite creature LTB.
  6. Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

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SpicyBracket 3-4+

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