the front side of Bladewing the Risen
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Saw in Half
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Saw in Half in hand.
  2.  Bladewing the Risen on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. ({2} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Saw in Half by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  , destroying Bladewing and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  2. Put one of the Bladewing tokens into your graveyard from the battlefield due to the legend rule.
  3. The Bladewing tokens' enter-the-battlefield abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the first trigger, returning Bladewing from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Put Bladewing into your graveyard from the battlefield due to the legend rule.
  6. Bladewing enter-the-battlefield ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Repeat from step 5.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite LTB.

Metadata

  1. In 1417 decks according to EDHREC.
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