the front side of Volo, Guide to Monsters
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Mercurial Pretender
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.  Mercurial Pretender in hand.
  2.  Volo and Great Whale on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

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

Steps

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

Results

  1. Infinite creature tokens.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite mana lands you control can produce.
  5. Infinite storm count.

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