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Assault Suit + Vodalian Knights

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Assault Suit
Assault Suit
Vodalian Knights
Vodalian Knights
Draw the game

How it works

  1. If needed, give control of Vodalian Knights to an opponent who controls no Islands.
  2. When Vodalian Knights's controller controls no Islands, Vodalian Knights triggers, causing them to sacrifice it.
  3. However, Vodalian Knights cannot be sacrificed due to Assault Suit.
  4. Vodalian Knights triggers again, creating a mandatory infinite loop that causes the game to end in a draw.

This peculiar interaction uses Assault Suit to trap the game in a paradoxical loop with Vodalian Knights. Because Vodalian Knights has a static requirement that forces its controller to sacrifice it when they control no Islands, it naturally wants to die on an opponent's turn who lacks the land type. However, Assault Suit's passive protection explicitly shields the equipped creature from being sacrificed, creating an endless, unresolvable trigger when the game attempts to enforce the sacrifice simultaneously with the equipment's prohibition. Because this mandatory loop cannot be stopped or declined, the game cannot legally proceed and immediately ends in a draw.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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