An exciting breakthrough in the latest Scourge set has been revealed: the "Infinity" symbol.



Official rulings excerpts from the judges Scourge FAQ reveal that in order to cast something with a cost involving the "Infinity" symbol, a player must be able to demonstrate that he/she can produce an "arbitrarily large" amount of mana through a certain sequence of game states and events. Once the player can demonstrate this ability, all mana produced by that sequence may be used to pay the cost of the card, effectively ending the "infinite loop" sequence for the remainder of the turn.

R&D's Worth Wollpert states, "Man, it's so cool to be able to have extremely powerful effects that are properly costed. If only football had plays that would let you go infinite... hmmm...."

MTGNews.com is tracing this new "inf-cycle" with rumors ranging from "The Green one is a Wurm, I think" to "Raging Lunacy, RRR, Sorcery. Gain control and ownership of all permanents in play." The only confirmed inf-cycle card is: "Wally Thacker. U, Creature - Wizard Legend. Morph UUU. 1/2"

"The Infinity symbol and mechanic seemed like a good match for this set," stated designer Bill Rose. "This is, after all, the 'size matters' set."

Meanwhile, representatives from Wizards of the Coast continue to claim that there are no ties between the Scourge design team and the writers from the 1998 mega-bomb "Godzilla," despite the obvious advertising tie in. Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich could not be reached for comment.

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An exciting breakthrough in the latest Scourge set has been revealed: the "Infinity" symbol.



Official rulings excerpts from the judges Scourge FAQ reveal that in order to cast something with a cost involving the "Infinity" symbol, a player must be able to demonstrate that he/she can produce an "arbitrarily large" amount of mana through a certain sequence of game states and events. Once the player can demonstrate this ability, all mana produced by that sequence may be used to pay the cost of the card, effectively ending the "infinite loop" sequence for the remainder of the turn.

R&D's Worth Wollpert states, "Man, it's so cool to be able to have extremely powerful effects that are properly costed. If only football had plays that would let you go infinite... hmmm...."

MTGNews.com is tracing this new "inf-cycle" with rumors ranging from "The Green one is a Wurm, I think" to "Raging Lunacy, RRR, Sorcery. Gain control and ownership of all permanents in play." The only confirmed inf-cycle card is: "Wally Thacker. U, Creature - Wizard Legend. Morph UUU. 1/2"

"The Infinity symbol and mechanic seemed like a good match for this set," stated designer Bill Rose. "This is, after all, the 'size matters' set."

Meanwhile, representatives from Wizards of the Coast continue to claim that there are no ties between the Scourge design team and the writers from the 1998 mega-bomb "Godzilla," despite the obvious advertising tie in. Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich could not be reached for comment.

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