Summon: Esper Valigarmanda
Replenish
Resourceful Defense

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Resourceful Defense on the battlefield.
Replenish in hand.
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda and Saga with Read Ahead in your graveyard.
3 available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Replenish by paying 3, returning Summon: Esper Valigarmanda and the read-ahead Saga from your graveyard to the battlefield. Choose to have the read-ahead Saga enter with enough lore counters on it to trigger its final chapter ability.
2
Summon: Esper Valigarmanda's first chapter ability and each chapter ability from the read-ahead Saga trigger.
3
Resolve the Summon: Esper Valigarmanda trigger, exiling Replenish from your graveyard.
4
Resolve each trigger from the read-ahead Saga, and put it into your graveyard when you resolve its final chapter ability.
5
Resourceful Defense triggers, putting a number of lore counters on Summon: Esper Valigarmanda equal to the number of lore counters that were on the read-ahead Saga, triggering Summon: Esper Valigarmanda's second, third and fourth chapter abilities.
6
Resolve the second and third chapter triggers, adding for each lore counter on Summon: Esper Valigarmanda.
7
Resolve the fourth chapter trigger, adding for each lore counter on Summon: Esper Valigarmanda and causing you to pay 4 to cast Replenish from exile, returning Summon: Esper Valigarmanda and the read-ahead Saga from your graveyard to the battlefield. Choose to have the read-ahead Saga enter with enough lore counters on it to trigger its final chapter ability.
8
Repeat from step 2.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite red mana
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite recursion of enchantment cards in your graveyard
Infinite casts of instant and sorcery cards in opponents' graveyards
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22%synergy
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