the front side of Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
the back side of Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
the front side of Pain for All
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Color Identity: R

Initial Card State

  1.  Pain for All in hand.
  2.  Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger on the battlefield (on the battlefield as Howlpack Avenger).

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control an indestructible creature with power 1 or greater.
  2. You control another creature if the indestructible creature's power is greater than or equal to Howlpack Avenger's toughness, or if Howlpack Avenger is the aforementioned indestructible creature.

Mana Needed

  1. ({2} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Pain for All by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  , attaching it to an indestructible creature you control with power 1 or greater.
  2. When Pain for All enters, it triggers, causing the creature it's attached to to deal damage to another creature you control.
  3. Howlpack Avenger triggers, dealing that much damage to the indestructible creature.
  4. Howlpack Avenger and Pain for All trigger.
  5. Resolve the Pain for All trigger, dealing that much damage to each opponent.
  6. Resolve the Howlpack Avenger trigger, dealing that much damage to the indestructible creature.
  7. Repeat from step 4.

Results

  1. Infinite damage.

Metadata

  1. In 2081 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Spicy (Bracket 3-4+).



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