the front side of Mortuary
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the front side of Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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the front side of Altar of Dementia
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the front side of Bolas's Citadel
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Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.   Gray Merchant of Asphodel in hand or in your library (on top of your library).
  2.  All other permanents on the battlefield.

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least 6 if Gray Merchant is on the top of your library, or you have ({3} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   available otherwise.

Steps

  1. Cast Gray Merchant either from your hand by paying ({3} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   or from the top of your library by paying 5 life.
  2. When Gray Merchant enters, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black and causing you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
  3. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Gray Merchant.
  4. When Gray Merchant dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Gray Merchant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  5. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
  6. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite lifegain.
  4. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  5. Infinite lifeloss.
  6. Infinite LTB.
  7. Infinite mill.
  8. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  9. Infinite self-mill.

Metadata

  1. In 102 decks according to EDHREC.

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