the front side of Royal Herbalist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Light of Promise
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cryptic Trilobite
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Light of Promise attached to Cryptic Trilobite).

Mana Needed

  1. two generic mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Royal Herbalist by paying two generic mana and exiling the top card of your library, causing you to gain 1 life.
  2. Cryptic Trilobite triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  4. Repeat.

Results

  1. Near-infinite lifegain.
  2. Near-infinite lifegain triggers.
  3. Exile your library.

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