Transcendence + The Book of Exalted Deeds

Transcendence

The Book of Exalted Deeds

How it works

1. Activate The Book of Exalted Deeds by paying , tapping and exiling it, putting an enlightened counter on an Angel you control.
2. Cast Transcendence by paying 3.
3. Transcendence triggers due to you having 20 or more life. However, you cannot lose the game due to the Angel with the enlightened counter on it.
4. Step 3 repeats in an infinite loop, causing the game to end in a draw if it isn't interacted with.

This eccentric loop revolves around circumventing the strict loss condition printed on Transcendence. Normally, casting Transcendence with a starting life total of 20 or more would instantly trigger its game-losing clause, but The Book of Exalted Deeds preempts this by granting an Angel with an enlightened counter the absolute protection that "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Because Transcendence's trigger keeps trying to make you lose while the counter's static ability flatly forbids it, the game enters a continuous mandatory loop that immediately ends in a draw if neither player can disrupt the board.