the front side of Essence Depleter
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Light of Promise
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cryptic Trilobite
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W, B

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield (Light of Promise attached to Cryptic Trilobite).

Mana Needed

  1. one generic manaone colorless mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Essence Depleter by paying one generic manaone colorless mana, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
  2. Cryptic Trilobite triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  3. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  4. Repeat.

Results

  1. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  2. Infinite lifegain.
  3. Infinite lifeloss.

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