Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All + Phyrexian Altar

Dualcaster Mage

Not Dead After All

Phyrexian Altar

How it works

1. Cost Not Dead After All by paying , targeting a creature you control.
2. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying 1.
3. When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying Not Dead After All, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
4. Resolve the copy of Not Dead After All.
5. Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, adding one mana of any color.
6. When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a Wicked Role token attached to it.
7. When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying Not Dead After All, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
8. Resolve the copy of Not Dead After All.
9. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, adding one mana of any color.
10. When Dualcaster Mage dies, it and the Wicked Role token attached to it trigger.
11. Resolve the Wicked Role trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
12. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a Wicked Role token attached to it.
13. Repeat from step 7.

This elegant loop uses Dualcaster Mage and Not Dead After All to establish a self-sustaining cycle of resurrection, fueled by Phyrexian Altar to continuously feed the mage back into the graveyard while generating an infinite surplus of colored mana. Every time Dualcaster Mage returns to the battlefield, its triggered ability copies Not Dead After All to ensure it will always come back again when sacrificed, while the Wicked Role token generated upon its return chips away at your opponents' life totals. Because the altar sacrifices the mage at instant speed in response to its own impending doom, you can repeat this process indefinitely until your opponents have lost all their life.