A new infinite combo has been discovered in Magic: The Gathering, where combining one of the new Mysteries of Strixhaven Planeswalkers with a Mythic Rare from the Foundation can drain your opponent's life, and there's nothing they can do to stop the cycle once it starts.
Infinite combos are nothing new, including the specific method used, but they represent a game you can play where two or more cards interact and create an unbroken chain of actions that usually win you the game. In this case, you're taking the emblem provided by the new SOS Planeswalker Dellian Fel and combining it with the same ability as Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
If you get it right and play it at the right time, your opponent's health will disappear, and you will win the game. Unlike most infinite combos, however, this one is going to take a fair bit of setup, but it's enough of a mystery to the Strixhaven meta that most players won't know what's coming.
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To be more specific with this infinite combo, you should play Delion Fell, a four-mana Witherbloom Planeswalker, who enters play with five loyal counters. If you get him to six or more, you can play his ability, where you get the symbol “Every time you gain health, the target opponent loses that much life”.
Before doing this, however, you want to get a copy of Bloodthirsty Conqueror on the battlefield, and it has the same ability, and if you can only get one life after that, you'll trigger an infinite back and forth between cards where you get life and your opponent loses it.
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Before anyone tries to state the obvious, yes, many Magic players will already be very familiar with this infinite combo, as it has popped up many times over the years, but this is a new, standard-legal method that will surprise many players since it was only introduced with a recent set.
Cards like Enduring Tanacity, Marauding Blight-Priest, Starscape Cleric, Exquisite Blood, Sanguine Bond, and, of course, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose have played a role in this combo in the past, though many are no longer standard-legal.
Whether or not this combo is fun to play is a debate for another day, especially since it takes a lot of setup and requires you to cast your Planeswalker's greatest ability. Still, we can see it gaining some traction over the next few weeks as long as players stay alert and start dealing with components before they have a chance to start a combo.
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Magic: The Gathering
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August 5, 1993
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2+
