the front side of Ghave, Guru of Spores
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Illusionist's Bracers
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cryptic Trilobite
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Scurry Oak
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, B, G

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Illusionist's Bracers attached to Ghave).

Easy Prerequisites

  1. You control another creature.

Mana Needed

  1. one generic mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Ghave's second ability by paying one generic mana and sacrificing another creature, targeting Scurry Oak.
  2. Illusionist's Bracers triggers, copying Ghave's ability, targeting Cryptic Trilobite.
  3. Resolve both Ghave abilities, putting a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Scurry Oak.
  4. Scurry Oak triggers, creating a creature token.
  5. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  6. Repeat.

Notes

  1. Once you have enough leftover mana, you can instead place Cryptic Trilobite's +1/+1 counter on another permanent. Those counters, along with the mana, can then be used by Ghave's first ability.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  5. Infinite creature tokens.
  6. Infinite death triggers.
  7. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

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