Phyrexian Altar + Blight Mound
Phyrexian Altar
Blight Mound
Requires
The Balrog, Durin's Bane must be in the command zone.
Phyrexian Altar must be on the battlefield.
Blight Mound must be on the battlefield.
The Balrog, Durin's Bane must be your commander.
There have been a number of permanents sacrificed this turn equal to five plus The Balrog's commander tax.
Mana needed:
Steps
- Cast The Balrog from the command zone by paying .
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing The Balrog, adding .
- Choose to return The Balrog to the command zone from your graveyard.
- When The Balrog dies, it and Blight Mound trigger.
- Resolve the Balrog trigger, destroying any artifact and/or creature an opponent controls.
- Resolve the Blight Mound trigger, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding .
- When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain one life.
- Repeat.
Results
Infinite commander casts. Infinite death triggers. Infinite ETB. Infinite lifegain. Infinite lifegain triggers. Infinite LTB. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Infinite storm count.
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
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26 decks
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