the front side of Celestial Gatekeeper
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Molten Echoes
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Celestial Gatekeeper in hand.
  2.  Molten Echoes and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. "Bird" or "Cleric" chosen with Motlen Echoes.

Mana Needed

  1. three generic manaone white manaone white mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Celestial Gatekeeper by paying three generic manaone white manaone white mana.
  2. Celestial Gatekeeper enters the battlefield, triggering Molten Echoes, creating a token copy of Celestial Gatekeeper with haste.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the nontoken Celestial Gatekeeper, adding one generic mana.
  4. Celestial Gatekeeper dies, triggering itself.
  5. In response, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Celestial Gatekeeper token, adding one generic mana.
  6. The Celestial Gateekeeper token dies, triggering itself, exiling itself and returning Celestial Gatekeeper from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Celestial Gatekeeper enters the battlefield, triggering Molten Echoes, creating a token copy of Celestial Gatekeeper with haste.
  8. Resolve the nontoken Celestial Gateekeeper's trigger, failing to exile itself and returning up to two more Birds and/or Clerics from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. If you returned a creature of the type chosen with Motlen Echoes, it triggers, creating a token copy of that creature with haste.
  10. Repeat from step 3.

Results

  1. Infinite blinking of some creatures.
  2. Infinite colored mana.
  3. Infinite creature tokens with haste.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite creature ETB.
  6. Infinite creature LTB.
  7. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

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