the front side of Rydia, Summoner of Mist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of There and Back Again
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Barbara Wright
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Hex Parasite
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Crab Umbra
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, U, B, R, G

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (There and Back Again with exactly two lore counters on it and Crab Umbra attached to Rydia).

Easy Prerequisites

  1. Rydia does not have summoning sickness.

Mana Needed

  1. six generic manaone black mana or two life available.

Steps

  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it and triggering its third chapter ability, creating a 6/6 Smaug legendary creature token and sacrifice There and Back Again.
  2. Activate Rydia by paying five generic mana and tapping it, returning There and Back Again from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. As There and Back Again enters the battlefield, choose to have it enter with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability.
  3. There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers. Holding priority, activate Hex Parasite by paying one generic manaone black mana or two life, removing the finality counter from There and Back Again.
  4. Resolve the There and Back Again trigger, creating a 6/6 Smaug legendary creature token and sacrifice There and Back Again.
  5. Put a Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, triggering its ability, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
  6. Activate ten Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding eight generic manaone blue manaone black mana.
  7. Activate Crab Umbra by paying two generic manaone blue mana, untapping Rydia.
  8. Repeat from step 2.

Results

  1. Infinite artifact ETB.
  2. Infinite artifact LTB.
  3. Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers.
  4. Infinite artifact tokens.
  5. Infinite creature LTB.
  6. Infinite creature ETB.
  7. Infinite colored mana.
  8. Infinite death triggers.
  9. Infinite Treasure tokens.

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