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Satoru Umezawa + Great Whale + Azra Smokeshaper

U manaB mana
Satoru Umezawa
Satoru Umezawa
Great Whale
Great Whale
Azra Smokeshaper
Azra Smokeshaper
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control

How it works

  1. Declare Azra Smokeshaper as an attacker.
  2. When it isn't blocked, activate up to seven lands you control by tapping them, adding at least 3U manaB manaB mana.
  3. Activate Great Whale's ninjutsu ability by paying 2U manaB mana and returning Azra Smokeshaper from the battlefield to your hand, putting Great Whale onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.
  4. When Great Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. Activate Azra Smokeshaper's ninjutsu ability by paying 1B mana and returning Great Whale from the battlefield to your hand, putting Azra Smokeshaper onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.
  6. Repeat from step 2.
  7. If you control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least 4U manaB manaB mana, this combo nets infinite mana.

This loop relies on Satoru Umezawa to grant every creature in your hand ninjutsu, turning your hand into a revolving door of recursive threats. By swapping Azra Smokeshaper and Great Whale back and forth through combat, you continually trigger the Whale's massive land-untapping ability to pay for the ninjutsu costs while generating a surplus of mana. Azra Smokeshaper's cheap ninjutsu cost keeps the cycle turning efficiently, letting you infinitely replay both creatures to net unbounded mana and endless enters-the-battlefield triggers.

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