the front side of Combine Guildmage
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the front side of Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
the back of a classic MtG card
Persist Creature
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Color Identity: B, G, U

Cards

  1. Combine Guildmage
  2. Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
  3. Persist Creature

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Combine Guildmage does not have summoning sickness.

Mana Needed

  1. ({1} magic symbol)  ({G} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Combine Guildmage's first ability by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({G} magic symbol)   and tapping it, causing your creatures that enter this turn to enter with a +1/+1 counter on them.
  2. Activate Hammerhead by sacrificing the Persist Creature.
  3. When the Persist Creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it and at least one +1/+1 counter on it due to Combine Guildmage.
  4. Remove a -1/-1 counter and a +1/+1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
  5. Resolve the Hammerhead ability.
  6. Repeat from step 2.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  5. Infinite death triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 0 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Oddball (Bracket 2-3+).



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