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Did you play much Masters 25? Well, before our Dominaria season starts (competitive puzzles open tomorrow on Patreon!), here's a bit of a wild board state to deal with.
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- Cast Prossh, Skyraider of Kher, using Prophetic Prism to convert a red or black mana to green.
- The cast triggers gives you six 0/1 Kobolds of Kher Keep, then Prosh resolves.
- Go to combat. Declare your 2/2 face-down morph and Phyrexian Ghoul as attackers.
- Once they're attacking, cast Dark Ritual, and use that mana and your other three remaining lands to activate Soulbright Flamekin's ability three times, ensuring both attackers have trample.
- With the eight red mana generated by the Flamekin's ability, morph Akroma, Angel of Wrath using six, and use the other two to give her +2/+0, so she's an 8/6. (Since she was a 2/2 when declared as attacker, it's too late for Ensnaring Bridge to do anything about it now.)
- Sacrifice Prosh, all six Kobolds, Soulbright Flamekin, and Perilous Myr to Phyrexian Ghoul, making it a 20/20. Use the Myr's death trigger to ping Tree of Redemption for 2. (You can also hit the opponent directly or Ruric Thar, the Unbowed - doesn't actually matter as long as you hit something with 2 or more toughness.)
- You now have 28 attacking power, all trample, which will be absorbed by Tree of Redemption (13 toughness, but with 2 damage marked, so effectively 11), Zulaport Cutthroat (1 toughness), Imperial Recruiter (1 toughness), and Ruric Thar, the Unbowed (6 toughness), for a total blocking potential of 19. They can't block with Jackal Pup as you could assign all damage to it, so it's not part of the equation.
- If they don't swap life totals with Tree of Redemption, 9 tramples through for lethal.
- If they do swap life totals with Tree of Redemption, they gain 4 life to go to 13, but lose 4 blocking power, and 13 tramples through for lethal.
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