the front side of Illuminor Szeras
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Thornbite Staff
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Corpse Dance
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  Corpse Dance in hand.
  2.  Illuminor Szeras and Thornbite Staff on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness.
  2. Thornbite Staff attached to Illuminor Szeras.
  3. You control another nontoken creature with mana value six or greater.

Steps

  1. Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value six or greater, adding at least six ({B} magic symbol)  .
  2. The creature dies, triggering Illuminor Szeras, untapping Illuminor Szeras.
  3. Cast Corpse Dance with buyback by paying ({4} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  , returning the creature with mana value six or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield, and returning Corpse Dance to your hand.
  4. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite black mana.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite ETB.
  4. Infinite LTB.
  5. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  6. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  7. Infinite storm count.

Metadata

  1. In 12 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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