the front side of Cormela, Glamour Thief
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
the back side of Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
the front side of Heat Shimmer
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Heat Shimmer in hand.
  2.  Cormela and Birgi on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. one generic mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Cormela by paying one generic mana and tapping it, adding one blue manaone black manaone red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and/or sorcery spells.
  2. Cast Heat Shimmer by paying two generic manaone red mana.
  3. Birgi triggers, adding one red mana.
  4. Resolve Heat Shimmer, creating a token copy of Cormela.
  5. Put the tapped Cormela into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  6. Cormela dies, triggering itself, returning Heat Shimmer from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature LTB.
  4. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  6. Infinite storm count.

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