the front side of Stormsplitter
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Lab Rats
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Lab Rats in hand.
  2.  Stormsplitter and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. twelve generic manaone black mana at most, depending on how many Stormsplitters you control available.

Steps

  1. Cast Lab Rats with buyback by paying four generic manaone black mana.
  2. Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
  3. Resolve Lab Rats, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token and returning Lab Rats to your hand.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Rat, adding one black mana.
  5. If you control at least 8 Stormsplitters, activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four Stormsplitter tokens, adding four generic mana.
  6. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite creature LTB.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite colored mana.
  4. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  5. Infinite death triggers.
  6. Infinite storm count.
  7. Infinite creature tokens with haste.
  8. Infinite magecraft triggers.

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How much mana until the Stormsplitters pay for themselves?

Each cast of the buyback spell doubles your Stormsplitters, and each copy you sacrifice makes one mana. From 10 Stormsplitters on, sacrificing enough for the next cast still leaves more than before.

Mana to startfourteen generic manaone black manaone black manaone black mana

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four generic manaone black mana
Casts you pay for
4
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