Aetherflux Reservoir
Cloudstone Curio
Defiler of Flesh

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
Your life total is at least 5. You have a black nonartifact permanent card in hand with mana cost . You control a nontoken nonartifact black permanent with mana cost that shares a card type with the card in hand.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast the black permanent card in your hand by paying 2 life.
2
Defiler of Flesh and Aetherflux Reservoir triggers.
3
Resolve the Defiler of Flesh trigger, giving target creature +1/+1 and menace until end of turn.
4
Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast before it this turn.
5
The black permanent enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning another nontoken nonartifact black permanent with mana cost from the battlefield to your hand.
6
Repeat.
7
Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite damage
Infinite ETB
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite LTB
Infinite storm count
Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
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