the front side of Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
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 Thornbite Staff
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Orthion does not have summoning sickness.
  2. Thornbite Staff attached to Orthion.
  3. There and Back Again has exactly two lore counters on it.

Mana Needed

  1. ({1} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   available.

Steps

  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
  2. There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
  3. Activate Orthion's first ability by paying ({1} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   and tapping it, creating a token copy of Smaug with haste.
  4. Put either Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  5. When the Smaug token dies, it and Orthion trigger.
  6. Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
  7. Resolve the Orthion trigger, untapping it.
  8. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding ({1} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  .
  9. Repeat from step 3.

Results

  1. Infinite colored mana.
  2. Infinite death triggers.
  3. Infinite ETB.
  4. Infinite LTB.
  5. Infinite Treasure tokens.

Metadata

  1. In 58 decks according to EDHREC.
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