the front side of Walking Archive
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Body of Research
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Resourceful Defense
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: G, W, U

Initial Card State

  1.  Body of Research in hand.
  2.  Walking Archive and Resourceful Defense on the battlefield.

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Your deck size is equal to or greater than the largest deck size among your opponents minus the number of +1/+1 counters on Walking Archive You have an additional four generic manaone white mana available, or you have a way to kill a creature.

Mana Needed

  1. one green manaone green manaone green manaone blue manaone blue manaone blue mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Body of Research by paying one green manaone green manaone green manaone blue manaone blue manaone blue mana, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Kill the Fractal, triggering Resourceful Defense, moving the Fractal's counters onto Walking Archive.
  3. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they will draw cards equal to the number of counters on Walking Archive. This should result in them drawing from an empty library either during their upkeep or their subsequent draw step, and thus losing the game.

Notes

  1. In step 2, you can instead pay four generic manaone white mana to move the counters onto Walking Archive.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw for opponents.
  2. Infinite draw triggers for each opponent.
  3. Each opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep.

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