Unspeakable Symbol | Sage of Hours | Gray Merchant of Asphodel

(and one other card)

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Your devotion to black times the number of opponents you have is greater than or equal to 15.

At the beginning of your end step,
Soulherder's second ability triggers, blinking
Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
Soulherder's first ability and
Gray Merchant of Asphodel trigger.
Resolve the
Soulherder trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
Resolve the
Gray Merchant of Asphodel trigger, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Activate
Unspeakable Symbol five times by paying 15 life, putting five +1/+1 counters on
Sage of Hours.
Activate
Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, causing you to take at least one extra turn after this one.
Repeat each turn.

Bracket tag

RuthlessBracket 4+

For competitive decks at brackets 4+

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Gray Merchant drains your devotion to black from each opponent, and the loop needs 15 life from it each time.

Your devotion to black

Opponents

Your life total

Life drained per loop2115 needed

The loop pays for itself 6 to spare.

Your life, starting from 40