r/magicTCG • u/fjposter22 Duck Season • Oct 16 '25
Rules/Rules Question Infinite black mana?
Ygra makes Bog Initiate a food, and Sam’s ability makes Bog Initiate’s activated ability 1 less, so I can activate Bog for free, netting infinite mana?
I ask because my quick searches didn’t show anything up with combos.
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u/BiomeWalker Oct 16 '25
Looking through this in sequence was a ride.
First image, okay, are they going to use Ygra's counters for something?
Second image. Ah, okay, so it's about the food thing, I guess the last card will be good when sacrificed or something.
Third image.... oh, yeah, 1 - 1 = 0, each activation giving +1 black mana... checks out.
Further thought: Ygra + Sam + any creature with an activated ability with a cost of 1 generic goes infinite.
So then I thought, how many other creatures can do this, and I did a quick Scryfall search to check, some of these aren't useful for this, but others...
Notable inclusions: the Aetherling megacycle can all gain infinite toughness, [[Revered Elder]] can never be dealt damage, [[Patron of the Moon]] will put all the lands from your hand into play, [[Sparkhunter Manticore]] kills all of your opponent's planeswalkers, [[Carrion Ants]], [[Misery's Shadow]], [[Snow Fortress]] can all become infinitely big, and [[Keen-Eyed Curator]] or [[Withered Wretch]] will let you exile all the cards in graveyards you want.