the front side of Afterlife from the Loam
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Pitiless Plunderer
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Scholar of the Ages
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Afterlife from the Loam in hand.
  2.  Scholar of the Ages in your graveyard.
  3.  Pitiless Plunderer and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You have at least three opponents that each have a creature card that will enter the battlefield with greater than 0 toughness in their graveyard.

Steps

  1. Cast Afterlife from the Loam by paying at most five generic manaone black manaone black manaone black mana, returning Scholar of the Ages and at least three other creatures from graveyards to the battlefield under your control.
  2. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Afterlife from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four of the creatures returned in step 1, including Scholar of the Ages, adding four generic mana.
  4. When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers four times, creating four Treasure tokens.
  5. Activate the four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding one generic manaone black manaone black manaone black mana.
  6. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite creature LTB.
  2. Infinite creature ETB.
  3. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite storm count.
  6. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  7. Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard.
  8. Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.

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