Hydra Omnivore + Triumph of the Hordes
How it works
- Cast Triumph of the Hordes by paying 2, giving creatures you control +1/+1, trample and infect until end of turn.
- Deal combat damage to an opponent using Hydra Omnivore, causing them to get at least nine poison counters.
- The opponent loses the game as a state-based action due to having ten or more poison counters.
- Hydra Omnivore triggers, causing each other opponent to get at least nine poison counters.
- Each remaining opponent loses the game as a state-based action due to having ten or more poison counters.
This elegant multiplayer strike relies on Triumph of the Hordes to fundamentally alter the math of combat by granting your team infect, turning every point of normal damage into lethal poison counters. Once this spell empowers your board, you send Hydra Omnivore charging into an opponent; because infect damage applies to players as poison, connecting for its base power easily crosses the threshold of ten counters to eliminate that foe. The true alchemy, however, lies in Hydra Omnivore's triggered ability, which mirrors that massive combat blow across every other opponent simultaneously. With infect active, that shared damage bypasses normal life totals to instantly poison the rest of the table and clear the game in a single devastating sweep.