Blasting Station + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Blasting Station
- Dualcaster Mage
- Lively Dirge
- Color identity
- BR
- Mana
- {4}{B}{R}{R}
Prerequisites
There's a creature card in your graveyard with mana value 4 or less.
Steps
- Cast Lively Dirge by paying {1}{B} plus an additional {2} to select its second mode, targeting a card in your graveyard.
- Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- When Dualcaster Mage enters, it and Blasting Station trigger, with Dualcaster Mage targeting Lively Dirge.
- Resolve the Blasting Station trigger, untapping it.
- Holding priority, activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
- Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Lively Dirge
- Resolve the Lively Dirge copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 3.
How to execute this combo
The "Blasting Station + Dualcaster Mage + Lively Dirge" combo takes 8 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.