Heartless Hidetsugu + Tainted Strike

Mana needed: {B}

BR identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

What must be in place

Heartless Hidetsugu does not have summoning sickness.
Your opponents have a life total of twenty or greater, minus two for each poison counter they have.
Your life total is no greater than nineteen, minus two for each poison counter you have.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Tainted Strike by paying {B}, giving Heartless Hidetsugu +1/+0 and infect until end of turn.
  2. Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing each player to get a number of poison counters equal to half their life total, rounded down.
  3. Each opponent loses the game due to having ten or more poison counters.

What the combo produces