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Assault Suit + Giant Shark

U mana
Assault Suit
Assault Suit
Giant Shark
Giant Shark
Draw the game

How it works

  1. If needed, give control of Giant Shark to an opponent who controls no Islands.
  2. When Giant Shark's controller controls no Islands, Giant Shark triggers, causing them to sacrifice it.
  3. However, Giant Shark cannot be sacrificed due to Assault Suit.
  4. Giant Shark triggers again, creating a mandatory infinite loop that causes the game to end in a draw.

This bizarre interaction turns Giant Shark into a game-ending paradox by weaponizing its very habitat requirements. While Giant Shark normally demands that you control no Islands or else face its wrath—threatening to sacrifice itself if you slip up—attaching Assault Suit to it entirely short-circuits that downside. Because Assault Suit explicitly decrees that the equipped creature cannot be sacrificed, the shark's mandatory sacrifice trigger cannot resolve, trapping the game in an unresolvable, infinite loop of state-based triggers that forces a draw.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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