the front side of Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
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the front side of Builder's Talent
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Persist Creature
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Color Identity: W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Builder's Talent is level 2 or higher and Persist Creature without a -1/-1 counter on it).

Steps

  1. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing the Persist Creature.
  2. When the Persist Creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Resolve the Shilgengar ability, creating a Blood token.
  4. When the Blood token enters the battlefield, Builder's Talent's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the Persist Creature.
  5. Repeat.

Results

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

Metadata

  1. In 27 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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