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Venerated Rotpriest + Storm Herd + Sway of Illusion

W manaU manaG mana
Venerated Rotpriest
Venerated Rotpriest
Storm Herd
Storm Herd
Sway of Illusion
Sway of Illusion
Each opponent loses the game

How it works

  1. Cast Storm Herd by paying 8W manaW mana, creating a number of 1/1 Pegasus creature tokens equal to your life total.
  2. Cast Sway of Illusion by paying 1U mana, targeting every creature you control.
  3. Venerated Rotpriest triggers for each creature targeted by Cauldron Haze.
  4. Resolve the first trigger, causing an opponent to get a poison counter.
  5. Repeat step 4 until an opponent loses the game due to having ten poison counters, then repeat for each other opponent.

This clever sequence turns a massive life total into a swift lethal strike by weaponizing friendly targets. First, you leverage Storm Herd to flood the board with an army of Pegasus tokens proportional to your life, setting up a critical mass of targets. Then, you cast Sway of Illusion to target every single creature you control in one fell swoop, replacing itself in your hand by drawing a card while simultaneously triggering Venerated Rotpriest dozens of times. Because the Rotpriest cares whenever *any* creature you control becomes the target of a spell, each individual targeting instance from Sway of Illusion spawns its own independent poison trigger, rapidly overwhelming your opponents with toxic counters.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
2 decks$4.40