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Goblin Bombardment + Thran Vigil + Glen Elendra Archmage

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Goblin Bombardment
Goblin Bombardment
Thran Vigil
Thran Vigil
Glen Elendra Archmage
Glen Elendra Archmage
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers

How it works

  1. Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Glen Elendra Archmage.
  2. When Glen Elendra Archmage dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Glen Elendra Archmage.
  4. Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
  5. Repeat.

This loop is a masterclass in turning persist's built-in limitation into an infinite engine, fueled entirely by Glen Elendra Archmage and Goblin Bombardment working in tandem. When you sacrifice the Archmage to the Bombardment, it triggers persist to bring itself back with a -1/-1 counter, but Thran Vigil swoops in as it leaves the graveyard to place a +1/+1 counter on it instead. State-based actions then cause the +1/+1 and -1/+1 counters to annihilate each other, leaving the Archmage entirely clean and ready to repeat the process indefinitely for infinite damage and death triggers.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyModernOathbreakerVintage
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