Infinite Combo on MTGO
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Posted on June 25, 2016, 7:59 p.m. by JamerzGamerz
There is a card called Enduring Scalelord. However, if you have two of them, and you find a way to put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, the Enduring Scalelords get infinitely large. However, if you were to replicate this infinite combo on MTGO, you would have to stop it when you think that the Enduring Scalelords are big enough, and you are able to stop the combo because it says "you may put a +1/+1 counter" instead of "put a +1/+1 counter". So, what would happen if it didn't say "may", and instead it forced you to put a +1/+1 counter on it. Would it ever stop? Would it just go infinitely until time is up? Would it crash? What would happen if both players pressed "f6", allowing them to skip past their turn? Does anyone know?
This is from quite a while ago, on a previous version of Magic Online, so it's quite possible that they've since changed the way the program handles it, but LSV recorded a video in which he created a mandatory loop using 3 Oblivion Rings:
June 25, 2016 8:22 p.m. Edited.
Epochalyptik says... #4
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June 25, 2016 11:08 p.m.
Most likely the program client would crash as the statement would continue to loop while the condition remained true (a +1 +1 counter was added), and the infinite player's opponent would get a win due to disconnect (assuming that is how the game handles dc's) but the correct response in paper would be that a draw would ocurr because priority never passes I believe.
vampirelazarus says... #2
The game would result in a draw in real life, and therefore, probably MTGO as well.
June 25, 2016 8:09 p.m.