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Scourge of Nel Toth + Infested Thrinax + Phyrexian Altar

B manaG mana
Scourge of Nel Toth
Scourge of Nel Toth
Infested Thrinax
Infested Thrinax
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens

How it works

  1. Cast Infested Thrinax by paying 3B manaG mana
  2. When Infested Thrinax enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to create a number of 1/1 Saproling creature tokens when a nontoken creature you control dies.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Scourge of Nel Toth, adding B mana.
  4. When Scourge of Nel Toth dies, Infested Thrinax triggers, creating six 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
  5. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a Saproling, adding B mana.
  6. Cast Scourge of Nel Toth from your graveyard by paying B manaB mana and sacrificing two Saprolings.
  7. Repeat from step 3.

This ingenious engine turns a single sacrifice into a sprawling wave of insectoid bodies. It all begins with Infested Thrinax, whose triggered ability ensures that whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, it leaves behind a swarm of 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens equal to that creature's power. Phyrexian Altar acts as the financial heart of the operation, converting those newly minted tokens and your larger threats into a steady stream of colored mana. Finally, Scourge of Nel Toth provides the muscle, using that generated mana and a pair of sacrificial Saprolings to repeatedly claw its way out of the graveyard, triggering the Thrinax all over again and sustaining an infinite loop of sacrifices and tokens.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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