the front side of Tree of Perdition
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Soul Immolation
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: B, R

Initial Card State

  1.  Soul Immolation in hand.
  2.  Tree of Perdition on the battlefield (without summoning sickness).

Easy Prerequisites

  1. An opponent's life total is greater than or equal to Tree of Perdition's toughness, or you control another creature whose toughness is greater than or equal to Tree of Perdition's toughness.

Mana Needed

  1. three generic manaone red manaone red mana available.

Steps

  1. Activate Tree of Perdition by tapping it, swapping its toughness and an opponent's life total.
  2. Cast Soul Immolation by paying three generic manaone red manaone red mana and choosing to blight a number of -1/-1 counters equal to an opponent's life total, dealing damage to each opponent and each opposing creature equal to the number of -1/-1 counters placed.
  3. The opponent whose life total was swapped loses the game due to having 0 or less life.

Results

  1. Near-infinite damage.
  2. Target opponent loses the game.

Metadata

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RuthlessBracket 4+

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