the front side of Satoru Umezawa
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Master of Cruelties
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Satoru Umezawa and Master of Cruelties on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Master of Cruelties does not have summoning sickness.
  2. You have a creature card in hand with power one or greater.
  3. An opponent is unable to block Master of Cruelties.

Mana Needed

  1. ({2} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Declare Master of Cruelties as an attacker, attacking an opponent unable to block it.
  2. When Master of Cruelties isn't blocked, its ability triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate any creature card with power one or greater in your hand's ninjutsu ability by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   and returning Master of Cruelties from the battlefield to your hand, putting the creature card onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
  4. Resolve the Master of Cruelties trigger, causing the blocking opponent's life total to become one.
  5. Deal combat damage with the attacking creature, causing the opponent's life total to become zero or less.
  6. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

Results

  1. Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent.
  2. Target opponent loses the game.

Metadata

  1. In 136 decks according to EDHREC.
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