the front side of Timeline Culler
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the front side of Aetherflux Reservoir
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the front side of Phyrexian Altar
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Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.   Timeline Culler in hand or in your graveyard.
  2.  Aetherflux Reservoir and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is 2 or higher, plus an additional 2 life if you cast Timeline Culler using its warp ability.

Mana Needed

  1. one black manaone black mana at most available.

Steps

  1. Cast Timeline Culler from your hand by paying one black manaone black mana or from your graveyard or hand for its warp cost by paying one black mana and 2 life.
  2. Aetherflux Reservoir, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Timeline Culler, adding one black mana.
  4. Repeat.

Notes

  1. The amount of life and mana you need to start the combo varies based on how many spells you've cast this turn and where Timeline Culler starts. The life pre-requisite assumes you've cast no spells this turn. If you start by casting Timeline Culler using its warp ability, the starting mana will be one black mana instead. Once you have infinite life, you can activate Aetherflux Reservoir to deal damage.

Results

  1. Infinite artifact ETB.
  2. Infinite artifact LTB.
  3. Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite creature LTB.
  5. Infinite creature ETB.
  6. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  7. Infinite death triggers.
  8. Infinite damage.
  9. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  10. Infinite lifegain.

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Storm life loop calculator

How much life you need to go off

Plays the loop step by step. Every payment has to leave you at 1 life or more, and Aetherflux Reservoir gains 1 life for each spell cast this turn, the one that triggered it included.

The first time

Minimum life to start2with 0 spells already cast this turn

You can go off Aetherflux Reservoir can deal its first 50 damage after 6 loops.

Net life, first loop
+1
Loops until Aetherflux Reservoir can fire
6
Minimum life by spells already cast
Your life, starting from 40
  • To start: 40 life
  • Loop 1, gain 0 life: 40 life
  • Loop 1, cast a spell: 40 life
  • Loop 1, gain 1 life: 41 life
  • Loop 2, pay 2 life: 39 life
  • Loop 2, cast a spell: 39 life
  • Loop 2, gain 2 life: 41 life
  • Loop 3, pay 2 life: 39 life
  • Loop 3, cast a spell: 39 life
  • Loop 3, gain 3 life: 42 life
  • Loop 4, pay 2 life: 40 life
  • Loop 4, cast a spell: 40 life
  • Loop 4, gain 4 life: 44 life
  • Loop 5, pay 2 life: 42 life
  • Loop 5, cast a spell: 42 life
  • Loop 5, gain 5 life: 47 life
  • Loop 6, pay 2 life: 45 life
  • Loop 6, cast a spell: 45 life
  • Loop 6, gain 6 life: 51 life
  • Loop 7, pay 2 life: 49 life
  • Loop 7, cast a spell: 49 life
  • Loop 7, gain 7 life: 56 life
  • Loop 8, pay 2 life: 54 life
  • Loop 8, cast a spell: 54 life
  • Loop 8, gain 8 life: 62 life

Lowest you can go: 1. Aetherflux Reservoir can fire: 51.

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