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Cormela, Glamour Thief + Exhume + Phyrexian Altar

U manaB manaR mana
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Exhume
Exhume
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spellsInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spellsInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm count

How it works

  1. Activate Cormela by paying 1 and tapping it, adding U manaB manaR mana that can only be spent to cast instant or sorcery spells.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cormela, adding 1.
  3. When Cormela dies, it triggers, returning Exhume from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Cast Exhume by paying 1B mana, causing each player to return a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield, with you choosing to return Cormela.
  5. Repeat.

This clever loop centers on Cormela, Glamour Thief, whose tap ability conveniently provides three mana while leaving you a generic mana short, a gap neatly filled by sacrificing her to Phyrexian Altar. That very sacrifice triggers Cormela's death ability to fish Exhume back out of your graveyard, setting you up to recast the sorcery and bring Cormela right back to the battlefield. Because Exhume lets you target the very same creature you just sacrificed, you can endlessly cycle through this sequence to generate infinite sacrifice and death triggers alongside a massive surplus of restricted mana.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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