Illuminor Szeras
Thornbite Staff
Corpse Dance

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Corpse Dance in hand.
Illuminor Szeras and Thornbite Staff on the battlefield.
Illuminor Szeras does not have summoning sickness. Thornbite Staff attached to Illuminor Szeras. You control another nontoken creature with mana value six or greater.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken creature with mana value six or greater, adding at least six .
2
The creature dies, triggering Illuminor Szeras, untapping Illuminor Szeras.
3
Cast Corpse Dance with buyback by paying 4, returning the creature with mana value six or greater from your graveyard to the battlefield, and returning Corpse Dance to your hand.
4
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite black mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
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