the front side of Crime Novelist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Thopter Foundry
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Sword of the Meek
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, U, B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. one generic mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Thopter Foundry by paying one generic mana and sacrificing Sword of the Meek.
  2. Crime Novelist triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and adding one red mana.
  3. Resolve the Thopter Foundry ability, creating a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token and causing you to gain 1 life.
  4. When the Thopter enters the battlefield, Sword of the Meek triggers, returning Sword of the Meek from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the Thopter.
  5. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature.
  2. Infinite creature tokens.
  3. Infinite creature ETB.
  4. Infinite lifegain.
  5. Infinite lifegain triggers.

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