the front side of Brion Stoutarm
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Body of Research
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, G, W, U

Initial Card State

  1.  Body of Research in hand.
  2.  Brion Stoutarm on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Brion Stoutarm does not have summoning sickness.Your deck size is greater than an opponent's life total.

Mana Needed

  1. one green manaone green manaone green manaone blue manaone blue manaone blue manaone red 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, then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size.
  2. Activate Brion Stoutarm by paying one red mana, tapping it and sacrificing the Fractal, dealing damage equal to the Fractal's power to an opponent, and causing you to gain that much life.
  3. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

Results

  1. Near-infinite damage to one opponent.
  2. Near-infinite lifegain.
  3. Target opponent loses the game.

Metadata

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OddballBracket 2-3+

Probably 2 or 3, but hard to classify

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