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Wheel of Misfortune + Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger + With Great Power . . .

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Wheel of Misfortune
Wheel of Misfortune
Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger (back)
Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
With Great Power . . .
With Great Power . . .
Near-infinite damage to one opponent

How it works

  1. Cast Wheel of Misfortune by paying 2R mana, choosing an arbitrarily large number and having Wheel of Misfortune deal that much damage to Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger instead of you due to With Great Power... if you chose the largest number.
  2. Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger triggers, dealing that much damage to an applicable target.

This potent loop centers around With Great Power . . ., which acts as a protective lightning rod by redirecting all damage that would be dealt to you straight to your enchanted creature. When you cast Wheel of Misfortune and secretly choose an arbitrarily large number, you ensure that you name the highest number so the resulting massive blast hits you—only for With Great Power . . . to safely catch and pass that damage along to Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger. Because Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger triggers whenever a permanent you control takes damage, it instantly fires that exact same astronomical amount of damage directly at your opponent's face to close out the game.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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