Astarion, the Decadent, and Scytheclaw

Prerequisites

• Astarion, the Decadent on the battlefield
• Scytheclaw on the battlefield
• Scytheclaw attached to a creature that does not have summoning sickness
• An opponent is unable to block and kill the creature with Scytheclaw attached

Steps

1. Deal combat damage to an opponent with the creature that has Scytheclaw attached
2. Scytheclaw triggers, causing the opponent to lose half their life total, rounded up
3. At the beginning of your end step, Astarion triggers, causing the opponent to lose life equal to the life they lost this turn
4. The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life

Results

• Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
• Target opponent loses the game