the front side of Shrieking Drake
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Inexorable Tide
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Crystalline Crawler
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U

Initial Card State

  1.  Shrieking Drake in hand.
  2.  Inexorable Tide and Crystalline Crawler on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Crystalline Crawler has at least one +1/+1 counter on it.

Mana Needed

  1. ({U} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. Cast Shrieking Drake by paying ({U} magic symbol)  .
  2. Inexorable Tide triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler.
  3. When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding ({U} magic symbol)  .
  5. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite ETB.
  2. Infinite LTB.
  3. Infinite proliferate.
  4. Infinite storm count.

Metadata

  1. In 72 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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