the front side of Volo, Guide to Monsters
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Barrin, Master Wizard
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Great Whale
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: G, U

Initial Card State

  1.  Great Whale in hand.
  2.  Volo and Barrin on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least four generic manaone blue mana.
  2. You have no other Whales on the battlefield or in your graveyard.

Mana Needed

  1. one generic manaone blue mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least four generic manaone blue mana.
  2. Cast Great Whale by paying five generic manaone blue manaone blue mana.
  3. Volo triggers, creating a token copy of Great Whale.
  4. The token Great Whale enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least four generic manaone blue mana.
  6. The nontoken Great Whale enters the battlefield, untapping up to seven lands.
  7. Activate Barrin by paying two generic mana and sacrificing the Great Whale token, returning the nontoken Great Whale from the battlefield to your hand.
  8. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite mana lands you control can produce.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  6. Infinite storm count.

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