the front side of Vilis, Broker of Blood
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Curse of Fool's Wisdom
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.  Vilis and Curse of Fool's Wisdom on the battlefield (Curse of Fool's Wisdom attached to you).

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is 3 or greater.

Mana Needed

  1. ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Activate Vilis by paying ({B} magic symbol)   and 2 life, targeting any creature.
  2. Vilis triggers, causing you to draw two cards.
  3. Curse of Fool's Wisdom triggers twice.
  4. Resolve a Curse of Fool's Wisdom trigger, causing you to gain 2 life and lose 2 life.
  5. Repeat from step 2.

Notes

  1. You must remove Vilis or Curse of Fool's Wisdom at some point or you will lose the game due to drawing from an empty library. Alternatively, you can use other cards like Ormos, Archive Keeper to get around this.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw.
  2. Infinite draw triggers.
  3. Near-infinite lifegain triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 844 decks according to EDHREC.
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