the front side of Preston, the Vanisher
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Karmic Guide
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Breath of Life
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W

Initial Card State

  1.  Breath of Life in hand.
  2.  Karmic Guide in your graveyard.
  3.  Preston and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. three generic manaone white mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Breath of Life by paying three generic manaone white mana, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  2. Karmic Guide and Preston trigger.
  3. In response, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Karmic Guide, adding one white mana.
  4. Resolve the Karmic Guide trigger, returning any creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Resolve Preston's trigger, creating a 0/1 Illusion token copy of Karmic Guide.
  6. The token Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, returning the nontoken Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Repeat from step 2.
  8. Once you have infinite Illusion tokens and infinite mana, you may activate Preston any number of times.

Results

  1. Exile all nonland permanents opponents control.
  2. Infinite colored mana.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite creature ETB.
  5. Infinite creature LTB.
  6. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

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