the front side of Volcano Hellion
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Lich's Mirror
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Oubliette
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Volcano Hellion and Oubliette in hand.
  2.  Lich's Mirror and Gollum on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Gollum does not have summoning sickness.
  2. An opponent cannot block Gollum.

Mana Needed

  1. ({3} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Deal combat damage to an opponent using Gollum.
  2. Cast Oubliette by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  3. When Oubliette enters the battlefield, it triggers, phasing out Gollum until Oubliette leaves the battlefield.
  4. Cast Volcano Hellion by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  5. When Volcano Hellion enters the battlefield, it triggers, dealing an arbitrarily large amount of damage to you and Volcano Hellion.
  6. Instead of you losing the game as a state-based action, Lich's Mirror causes you to shuffle your hand, graveyard and all permanents you own into your library, causing Gollum to phase in as Oubliette leaves the battlefield, and setting your life total to 20.
  7. At the beginning of your end step, Gollum triggers, causing an opponent to lose life equal to the life you gained this turn.

Results

  1. Infinite lifeloss for target opponent.

Metadata

  1. In 2 decks according to EDHREC.
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