the front side of Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Animate Dead
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Animate Dead in hand.
  2.  Abdel Adrian in your graveyard.

Mana Needed

  1. one generic manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Animate Dead by paying one generic manaone black mana, returning Abdel Adrian from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Animate Dead to it.
  2. Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, exiling Animate Dead until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
  3. Animate Dead triggers, causing you to sacrifice Abdel Adrian.
  4. Animate Dead returns to the battlefield, returning Abdel Adrian from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Animate Dead to it.
  5. Repeat from step 2.

Results

  1. Infinite blinking.
  2. Infinite creature tokens.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite creature ETB.
  5. Infinite creature LTB.
  6. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  7. Infinite blinking of nonland permanents.

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