the front side of Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cloudstone Curio
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Death's Shadow
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, G

Initial Card State

  1.  Death's Shadow in hand.
  2.  Gwenna and Cloudstone Curio on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control a nontoken nonartifact creature that can be cast using one colored mana.
  2. Gwenna does not have summoning sickness.
  3. Your life total is twelve or less.

Steps

  1. Activate Gwenna by tapping it, adding one generic manaone black mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells or to activate abilities of creature cards.
  2. Cast Death's Shadow by paying one black mana.
  3. Gwenna triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and untapping it.
  4. When Death's Shadow enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning another nontoken nonartifact creature that can be cast using one colored mana from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. Cast the creature by paying its mana cost.
  6. When the creature enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Death's Shadow from the battlefield to your hand.
  7. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite creature ETB.
  4. Infinite creature LTB.
  5. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  6. Infinite storm count.

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