{"ops":[{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Faculty Report: Queen's Bay Academy, Department of Infinite Studies"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Distribution: Dean of Faculty, University Senate"},{"insert":"\n\nProfessor B. del Presidio presents the attached report in the spirit of full transparency, as required following the events of the past academic term.\n\nLet it first be noted that this Department was founded and funded on a shoestring budget. A total outlay of under £30, with one specific item requiring an extended-art edition at a regrettable premium of £2.10. The Chair was endowed for a token fifty pence, a sum which, in hindsight, may have reflected the seriousness with which the position was originally regarded.\n\nThis Department is required to report a minimum of 65 confirmed instances of Fellows entering a self-sustaining cycle of resignation and reinstatement, comprising in excess of 1,200 individually catalogued lines of argument by which such a cycle may begin. No admissions drive produced this outcome. No scholarship incentive was responsible. There is no tutorial scheme, no research committee, nor any forward planning of any kind on file. The Department wishes to state clearly, for the record, that this was not supposed to happen this many times.\n\nFor clarity, a completed cycle does not, on its own, constitute a finding of note. Most iterations simply result in the affected Fellow returning to their desk, filing the appropriate readmission forms, and resuming their duties as though nothing occurred - often hundreds of thousands of times within a single lecture. Something further would generally be required to convert such cycles into a matter for external examiners, although the Department has been made aware that such conversions are entirely possible.\n\nThe Board of Examiners has reviewed the volume and deliberateness of these lines of argument, and has classified the Department as Bracket 3. The Department is compelled to reiterate that not one of the 1,200 catalogued proofs can be constructed from two elements - a minimum of three is always required.\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Primer"},{"insert":"\n\nA Treatise on Infinity is a low-budget Orzhov combo engine that achieves infinite recursion through redundant three-card synergies rather than targeted tutors or fast mana. Chaired by Bartolomé del Presidio, the deck functions as a proof engine - a mathematician's patient accumulation of evidence toward an inevitable conclusion. With a total build cost under £30, it relies on budget reanimators, self-mill catalysts, and recurring auras to construct over 1,200 distinct lines of argument toward one of 65 confirmed proofs of the infinite.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Engine Architecture & Role Matrix"},{"insert":"\nRather than searching for a specific pair of cards, the deck draws from interchangeable functional buckets to assemble a loop.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Engine Role"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Primary Cards"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Function"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Free Sacrifice Outlets"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bartolomé del Presidio, Viscera Seer, Dimir House Guard"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Initiates zero-mana, instant-speed decommission triggers."},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Primary Reanimators"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Sun Titan, Angel of Indemnity, Shepherd of the Cosmos, Danitha, Boonweaver Giant, Brotherhood Outcast, Redemption Choir"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Returns sacrificed assets back to the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Recurring Enablers"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Kaya's Ghostform, Angelic Renewal, Gift of Immortality, Fungal Fortitude, Necrogen Communion, Minion's Return, Changing Loyalty"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Attaches to reanimators to trigger automated reinstatement upon death."},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Exile Engine Substitutes"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fiend Hunter, Werefox Bodyguard, Leonin Relic-Warder"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Bypasses aura requirements via stack-based exile loops."},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Self-Mill Bridges"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Stitcher's Supplier, Undead Butler, Scavenger's Talent"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Converts active loops into a complete library dump."},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Terminal Payoffs"},{"attributes":{"table":"7"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Zulaport Cutthroat, Marionette Apprentice, Bastion of Remembrance, Agent of the Iron Throne"},{"attributes":{"table":"7"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Converts infinite personnel cycles into opponent life loss."},{"attributes":{"table":"7"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Five Primary Loop Categories"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Standard Aura Loop"},{"insert":"\nRequired: Free Sacrifice Outlet + Reanimator Creature + Recurring Aura.\n\nSequence: Sacrifice the creature to the outlet. The aura triggers, returning the creature to the battlefield. The creature enters, returning the aura from the graveyard attached to itself.\n\nOutput: Infinite death triggers, enter-the-battlefield triggers, infinite counters on Bartolomé, or infinite scrying with Viscera Seer.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Stack Exile Loop"},{"insert":"\nRequired: Free Sacrifice Outlet + Sun Titan or Angel of Indemnity + Fiend Hunter or Werefox Bodyguard.\n\nSequence: Fiend Hunter enters and exiles Sun Titan. Sacrifice Fiend Hunter to the outlet. Sun Titan returns to the battlefield, targeting Fiend Hunter in the graveyard. Fiend Hunter enters, exiling Sun Titan again.\n\nOutput: Infinite death and enter triggers completely independent of aura cards.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Transitive Chain"},{"insert":"\nRequired: Free Sacrifice Outlet + Primary Reanimator + Secondary Reanimator + Recurring Aura.\n\nSequence: Sun Titan returns Brotherhood Outcast or Body Snatcher from the graveyard. The secondary reanimator fetches the aura. Sacrifice the primary reanimator to restart the chain.\n\nOutput: Bypasses mana value restrictions by chaining intermediate creature handoffs.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Library Dump Bridge"},{"insert":"\nRequired: Core Engine Loop + Stitcher's Supplier, Undead Butler, or Level 2 Scavenger's Talent.\n\nSequence: Execute any standard loop while continuously recycling a self-mill catalyst.\n\nOutput: Mills your entire library into the graveyard in a single turn cycle, setting up zero-mana flashback sequences.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Terminal Drain Win"},{"insert":"\nRequired: Core Engine Loop + Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, Marionette Apprentice, or Agent of the Iron Throne.\n\nSequence: Execute any loop while a drain permanent sits on the board.\n\nOutput: Converts infinite death triggers into immediate lethality across all opponents.\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Alternative: Deterministic Graveyard Execution Flow"},{"insert":"\n\nWhen a self-mill bridge empties your library, resolution moves from probability to direct execution.\n\nComplete the library dump so your entire deck rests in the graveyard."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Flash back Dread Return for zero mana by sacrificing three non-essential creatures, returning Zulaport Cutthroat or Marionette Apprentice directly to the battlefield."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Flash back Sevinne's Reclamation for four generic and one white mana if the required payoff is an enchantment like Bastion of Remembrance or Agent of the Iron Throne."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resume the sacrifice sequence with your payoff active on the board to drain all opponents to zero."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Table Expectations and Rule 0"},{"insert":"\n\nPositioning this deck at a table requires clear communication. While individual cards are low power and budget-restricted, the sheer density of overlapping loops places it squarely in Bracket 3. Inform opponents that the deck runs no fast mana and no premier tutors, but operates on a critical mass of interchangeable recursion. When the engine begins to cycle, take a brief moment to trace the active loop and verify whether a drain payoff is active or accessible in the graveyard.\n"}]}