Dire Fleet Ravager + Archfiend of Despair + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore

Dire Fleet Ravager

Archfiend of Despair

Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore

How it works

1. Cast Dire Fleet Ravager by paying 3.
2. When Dire Fleet Ravager enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each player to lose a third of their life total, rounded up.
3. At the beginning of your upkeep, Archfiend of Despair and Glasspool Mimic trigger.
4. Resolve the Archfiend of Despair trigger, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn.
5. Resolve the Glasspool Mimic trigger, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn.
6. Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.

This brutal life-draining loop kicks off the moment Dire Fleet Ravager enters the battlefield, immediately stripping a massive chunk of life from every player. To turn this self-inflicted wound into a lethal finisher, Archfiend of Despair sits passively on the board to lock out any life gain and ensure that any life lost earlier comes right back around with interest at the end step. By utilizing Glasspool Mimic as an opportunistic copy of the Ravager, you double up the initial life-draining impact so that Archfiend of Despair's delayed triggers compound the damage until your opponents are entirely wiped out of the game.