the front side of Purphoros, God of the Forge
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Tainted Strike
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Hornet Queen
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R, G

Initial Card State

  1.  Purphoros on the battlefield.
  2.  Tainted Strike and Hornet Queen in hand.

Mana Needed

  1. four generic manaone black manaone green manaone green manaone green mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Tainted Strike by paying one black mana, giving Purphoros +1/+0 and infect until end of turn.
  2. Cast Hornet Queen by paying four generic manaone green manaone green manaone green mana.
  3. When Hornet Queen enters the battlefield, it and Purphoros trigger.
  4. Resolve the Hornet Queen trigger, creating four 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
  5. When the Insects enter the battlefield, Purphoros triggers four times.
  6. Resolve all Purphoros triggers, causing each opponent to get ten poison counters.
  7. Each opponent loses the game due to having ten or more poison counters.

Results

  1. Each opponent loses the game.

Metadata

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OddballBracket 2-3+

Probably 2 or 3, but hard to classify

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