Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, targeting any applicable target.
Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Persist.
Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Persist, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage
Resolve the Persist copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Repeat from step 3.

Infinite colorless mana

Infinite death triggers

Infinite ETB

Infinite LTB

Infinite magecraft triggers

Infinite sacrifice triggers

Ashnod's Altar

Dualcaster Mage

Persist

Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Persistent Specimen.
When Persistent Specimen dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Pawn of Ulamog trigger.
Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a creature token.
Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
Activate the creature token by sacrificing it, adding {C}.
When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
Activate Persistent Specimen by paying {2}{B}, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard.
Repeat

Infinite scry 1

Pitiless Plunderer

Viscera Seer

Persistent Specimen

Pawn of Ulamog

Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing Archaeomancer, adding {2}{B}{B}.
Cast Persist by paying {1}{B}, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Inalla.
Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve the Inalla trigger, causing you to pay {1} to create a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste.
The token Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Persist from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.
Once you have infinite Archaeomancer tokens, if Inalla is on the battlefield, you may activate Inalla's ability infinite times to cause infinite lifeloss for opponents.

Infinite creature tokens with haste

Infinite lifeloss

Infinite storm count

Inalla, Archmage Ritualist

Archaeomancer

Burnt Offering

Cast Culling the Weak by paying {B} and sacrificing Archaeomancer, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Cast Persist by paying {1}{B}, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Inalla.
Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Culling the Weak from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve the Inalla trigger, causing you to pay {1} to create a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste.
The token Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Persist from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.
Once you have infinite Archaeomancer tokens, if Inalla is on the battlefield, you may activate Inalla's ability infinite times to cause infinite lifeloss for opponents.

Culling the Weak

Cast Sacrifice by paying {B} and sacrificing Archaeomancer, adding {B}{B}{B}{B}.
Cast Persist by paying {1}{B}, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Inalla.
Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Sacrifice from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve the Inalla trigger, causing you to pay {1} to create a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste.
The token Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Persist from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.
Once you have infinite Archaeomancer tokens, if Inalla is on the battlefield, you may activate Inalla's ability infinite times to cause infinite lifeloss for opponents.

Sacrifice

At the beginning of your upkeep, Virtue of Persistence triggers, returning Myr Battlesphere from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Myr Battlesphere enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating four 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
Activate Time Sieve by tapping it, sacrificing Myr Battlesphere and the four Myr tokens, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
Repeat each turn.

Infinite turns

Time Sieve

Myr Battlesphere

Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn

Cast Secret Salvage by paying {3}{B}{B}, exiling Persistent Petitioners from your graveyard and causing you to search your library for all copies of Persistent Petitioners in your library and put them into your hand.
Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
Move to your cleanup step, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size, ensuring to discard as many copies of Persistent Petitioners as possible.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card discarded this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.
During the next player's turn, cast Surgical Extraction by paying {B/P}, exiling all copies of Persistent Petitioners from your graveyard.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card exiled this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.

Near-infinite damage

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Persistent Petitioners

Secret Salvage

Surgical Extraction

Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Persistent Specimen, adding {C}{C}.
When Persistent Specimen dies, Bhaal triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler and goading it.
Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {B}.
Activate Persistent Specimen by paying {2}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Repeat.

Bhaal, Lord of Murder

Crystalline Crawler

Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Persistent Specimen, adding {B}.
When Persistent Specimen dies, Bhaal triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and goading it.
Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}{C} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
Activate Persistent Specimen by paying {2}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Repeat.

Cryptic Trilobite

Phyrexian Altar

Cast Secret Salvage by paying {3}{B}{B}, exiling Persistent Petitioners from your graveyard and causing you to search your library for all copies of Persistent Petitioners in your library and put them into your hand.
Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
Move to your cleanup step, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size, ensuring to discard as many copies of Persistent Petitioners as possible.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card discarded this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.
Activate Tormod's Crypt by tapping and sacrificing it, exiling your graveyard.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card exiled this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.

Tormod's Crypt

Cast Secret Salvage by paying {3}{B}{B}, exiling Persistent Petitioners from your graveyard and causing you to search your library for all copies of Persistent Petitioners in your library and put them into your hand.
Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
Move to your cleanup step, causing you to discard down to your maximum hand size, ensuring to discard as many copies of Persistent Petitioners as possible.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card discarded this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.
Activate Tormod's Cryptkeeper by tapping and sacrificing it.
When Tormod's Cryptkeeper dies, Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
Resolve the Tormod's Cryptkeeper ability, exiling your graveyard.
Syr Konrad triggers for each creature card exiled this way, dealing that much damage to each opponent.

Tormod's Cryptkeeper

Activate Persistent Specimen by paying {2}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Persistent Specimen.
When Persistent Specimen is sacrificed, Szarel triggers, putting a number of +1/+1 counters equal to Szarel's power on Crystalline Crawler.
Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
Activate Crystalline Crawler three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {2}{B}.
Repeat.

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