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Blade of the Bloodchief + Pentavus + Ashnod's Altar

Colorless
Blade of the Bloodchief
Blade of the Bloodchief
Pentavus
Pentavus
Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers

How it works

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding CC.
  2. When the creature dies, Blade of the Bloodchief triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Pentavus.
  3. Activate Pentavus' first ability by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Pentavite artifact creature token.
  4. Repeat.

This clever loop turns Pentavus into a self-sustaining engine of creation and destruction by utilizing its ability to spawn Pentavite tokens using its own counters. By feeding those very tokens into Ashnod's Altar, you generate a surplus of colorless mana while fueling Blade of the Bloodchief to constantly rebuild Pentavus's body with fresh +1/+1 counters. Because the mana produced by the Altar more than covers the costs to both activate Pentavus and re-equip or cycle the pieces, the whole assembly spirals infinitely to generate boundless mana, sacrifices, and deaths.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerPredhVintage
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