Shard of the Nightbringer + Enduring Tenacity

Shard of the Nightbringer

Enduring Tenacity

How it works

1. Cast Shard of the Nightbringer by paying 5.
2. Shard of the Nightbringer triggers, causing an opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
3. Enduring Tenacity triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the amount of life gained this way.
4. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

This lethal combination hinges on the precise math of life loss and life gain when casting Shard of the Nightbringer, whose triggered ability drains an opponent for half their life while replenishing your own. Sitting quietly on the battlefield, Enduring Tenacity is the linchpin that turns that massive life gain right back around into an equivalent burst of life loss directed at your foe. Because Enduring Tenacity's passive trigger reacts instantly to the life you gain from the Shard, the resulting double-strike of life loss instantly strips away even the highest life totals, spelling sudden doom for your target.