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Persist Creature
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Persist Creature
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Increases +1/+1 Counter Placement but not -1/-1
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Color Identity: W, B

Cards

  1. Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
  2. Resourceful Defense
  3. 2x Persist Creature
  4. Increases +1/+1 Counter Placement but not -1/-1

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. At least one Persist Creature has a +1/+1 counter on it.

Steps

  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the Persist Creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
  2. When that creature dies, its persist ability and Resourceful Defense trigger.
  3. Resolve Resourceful Defense's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving Persist Creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
  4. If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
  5. Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the Persist Creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
  6. Resolve the Shilgengar ability from step 1.
  7. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite Blood tokens.
  2. Infinite artifact tokens.
  3. Infinite creature ETB.
  4. Infinite creature LTB.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  6. Infinite death triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 56 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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