the front side of Akiri, Line-Slinger
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Chthonian Nightmare
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ruthless Technomancer
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Akiri on the battlefield.
  2.  Chthonian Nightmare and Ruthless Technomancer in hand.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control at least eight artifacts.
  2. You have a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 2 or less.

Mana Needed

  1. three generic manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Ruthless Technomancer by paying three generic manaone black mana.
  2. When Ruthless Technomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to sacrifice Akiri and create at least eight Treasure tokens.
  3. Activate seven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding four generic manaone black manaone black manaone black mana.
  4. Activate Ruthless Technomancer by paying two generic manaone black mana and sacrificing a Treasure, returning Akiri from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying one generic manaone black mana.
  6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter.
  7. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of an energy counter, sacrificing Ruthless Technomancer, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying one generic manaone black mana.
  9. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get an energy counteran energy counteran energy counter.
  10. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an energy counteran energy counteran energy counteran energy counter, sacrificing the creature returned in step 7, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Ruthless Technomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  11. Repeat from step 2.

Notes

  1. If Akiri has power 9 or greater, this combo nets infinite Treasure tokens and colored mana, allowing you to recur any other creature(s) using Ruthless Technomancer. You may start the combo with fewer artifacts if you have mana to compensate until Akiri has power 8 or greater.

Results

  1. Infinite artifact ETB.
  2. Infinite artifact LTB.
  3. Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite artifact tokens.
  5. Infinite creature LTB.
  6. Infinite creature ETB.
  7. Infinite colored mana.
  8. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  9. Infinite death triggers.
  10. Infinite storm count.
  11. Infinite Treasure tokens.
  12. Return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  13. Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard.

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