the front side of Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Dockside Extortionist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Heat Shimmer
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Snap
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, R, W

Initial Card State

  1.  Snap in hand.
  2.  Dockside Extortionist on the battlefield.
  3.  Heat Shimmer in your graveyard.
  4.   Vadrok in hand or in the command zone.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your opponents control at least three artifacts and/or enchantments.

Mana Needed

  1. ({1} magic symbol)  ({WU} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  , plus commander tax if applicable, plus one additional red, white, or blue mana if opponents control exactly three artifacts and/or enchantments available.

Steps

  1. Cast Vadrok for its mutate cost by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({WU} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  , merging it under Dockside Extortionist.
  2. The Dockside Extortionist mutated creature's ability from Vadrok triggers, casting Heat Shimmer from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
  3. Resolve Heat Shimmer, creating a token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature with haste.
  4. The token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
  5. Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding ({U} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  6. Cast Snap by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  , returning the nontoken Dockside Extortionist and Vadrok from the battlefield to your hand and untapping two lands you control.
  7. Cast Vadrok for its mutate cost by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({WU} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  , merging it under the token Dockside Extortionist mutated creature.
  8. The token Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers once for each of its Vadrok abilities.
  9. Resolve one of these triggers, casting Heat Shimmer from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
  10. Resolve Heat Shimmer, creating a token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature with haste.
  11. The token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
  12. Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding ({U} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  13. Resolve a second trigger from step 8, casting Snap from your graveyard without paying its mana cost, targeting the mutated creature that includes the nontoken Vadrok.
  14. Resolve Snap, returning Vadrok from the battlefield to your hand as well as multiple token creatures which cease to exist, and untapping two lands you control.
  15. Resolve any remaining triggers from step 8, casting any noncreature cards with mana value 3 or less that were not already cast since step 8 from your graveyard without paying their casting costs.
  16. Repeat from step 7, adding one additional token Vadrok to each new iteration of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature token.

Results

  1. Infinite colored mana.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite LTB.
  4. Infinite magecraft.
  5. Infinite storm count.
  6. Infinite Treasure tokens.
  7. Infinite casts of noncreature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard.

Metadata

  1. In 19 decks according to EDHREC.
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