the front side of Chthonian Nightmare
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Notorious Throng
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Donnie & April in your graveyard.
  2.  Chthonian Nightmare and Notorious Throng in hand.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control a nontoken creature with mana value 1 or less.
  2. You have at least ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  3. You control a Rogue that does not have summoning sickness and that cannot be blocked by an opponent.

Mana Needed

  1. ({3} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   the first turn, with ({5} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   each extra turn plus ({5} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)   each turn available.

Steps

  1. Deal combat damage using a Rogue.
  2. Cast Notorious Throng for its prowl cost by paying ({5} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  , causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  3. Move to your next turn.
  4. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  5. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  6. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  , sacrificing a creature with mana value 1 or less, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Donnie & April from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. When Donnie & April enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Notorious Throng from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  9. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  ({E} magic symbol)  .
  10. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most ({E} magic symbol)  , sacrificing Donnie & April, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  11. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite turns.

Metadata

  1. This combo produces a lock.
  2. In 0 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Ruthless (Bracket 4+).



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