the front side of Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
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the front side of Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
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the front side of Gray Merchant of Asphodel
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Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least 2.
  2. You control at least one additional nontoken non-Human creature with toughness two or greater.

Steps

  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing Gray Merchant, targeting any other nontoken non-Human creature you control.
  2. Gray Merchant dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Gray Merchant enters the battlefield, 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.
  4. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability from step 1, putting a -1/-1 counter on the additional creature and causing you to draw a card.
  5. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the additional creature, targeting Gray Merchant.
  6. The creature dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  7. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on Gray Merchant and causing you to draw a card.
  8. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw.
  2. Infinite draw triggers.
  3. Near-infinite death triggers.
  4. Near-infinite ETB.
  5. Near-infinite lifegain.
  6. Near-infinite lifegain triggers.
  7. Near-infinite lifeloss.
  8. Near-infinite LTB.
  9. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 12226 decks according to EDHREC.
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