the front side of Wall of Roots
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Agatha's Soul Cauldron
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Tayam, Luminous Enigma
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashnod's Altar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Grim Initiate
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R, G, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Wall of Roots in exile (exiled with Agatha's Soul Cauldron).
  2.  All other permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. There are at least three additional counters of any kind on Tayam and/or additional creatures you control.

Mana Needed

  1. two generic manaone red mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Grim Initiate, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana.
  2. When Grim Initiate dies, it triggers, creating a 0/0 creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it as well as a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
  3. Activate [[Tayam]] by paying three generic mana and removing three counters from creatures you control, milling three cards and returning Grim Initiate from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
  4. Declare that you are activating Tayam's ability again, so state-based actions will not be checked until the ability is activated.
  5. While paying that ability's cost, activate the creature token using the Wall of Roots mana ability from Agatha's Soul Cauldron by putting a -0/-1 counter on it, adding one green mana.
  6. Complete the activation by paying three generic mana and removing a vigilance counter and a -0/-1 counter from the creature token and a vigilance counter from Grim Initiate.
  7. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Grim Initiate and the creature token, adding one colorless manaone colorless manaone colorless manaone colorless mana.
  8. When Grim Initiate dies, it triggers, creating a 0/0 creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it as well as a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
  9. Resolve Tayam's ability, milling three cards and returning Grim Initiate from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
  10. Repeat from step 4.

Notes

  1. This order of operations (and the additional one generic mana starting mana) are necessary because you must activate mana abilities before paying costs, and so you cannot use Ashnod's Altar to get mana from the creature you need to remove counters from.

Results

  1. Infinite creature ETB.
  2. Infinite creature LTB.
  3. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite self-mill.
  6. Infinite colorless mana.
  7. Infinite green mana.

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