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Oathsworn Vampire + Phyrexian Altar + Totentanz, Swarm Piper

B manaR mana
Oathsworn Vampire
Oathsworn Vampire
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm count

How it works

  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Oathsworn Vampire, adding B mana.
  2. When Oathsworn Vampire dies, Totentanz triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding 1.
  4. Cast Oathsworn Vampire from your graveyard by paying 1B mana.
  5. Repeat.

This crafty loop turns a simple lifecycle of sacrifice and resurrection into an infinite engine, powered entirely by Phyrexian Altar's mana generation. When you sacrifice Oathsworn Vampire to the Altar, its death prompts Totentanz, Swarm Piper to spawn a Rat token, which you immediately sacrifice back to the Altar for the remaining mana needed. Because the Vampire's death naturally grants you life—or relies on an external life gain source to satisfy its condition—you can recast Oathsworn Vampire directly from your graveyard, resetting the loop for endless death and sacrifice triggers.

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