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Bloodthirsty Conqueror

$33.58

Starscape Cleric

$1.39

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Bloodthirsty Conqueror + Starscape Cleric

Overview

When an opponent loses life, Bloodthirsty Conqueror’s triggered ability will cause you to gain that much life; that life gain then triggers Starscape Cleric’s ability, which makes each opponent lose 1 life. That 1 life loss will retrigger Bloodthirsty Conqueror, which can re-trigger Starscape Cleric, and so on, repeating until an effect stops it or a player loses the game .

Step 1

An opponent loses life (for example, from damage or by paying life). That loss-of-life event is recognized by the game and by Bloodthirsty Conqueror’s trigger (“Whenever an opponent loses life…”).

Step 2

Bloodthirsty Conqueror’s triggered ability is put on the stack. When that ability resolves, you gain life equal to the life lost by that opponent.

Step 3

That life gain is an event that Starscape Cleric’s triggered ability watches for. Per rule , Starscape’s ability (“Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.”) is treated as watching for a source-caused life gain, so it triggers when you actually gain life.

Step 4

Starscape Cleric’s triggered ability is put on the stack. When it resolves, each opponent loses 1 life (this creates one or more life-loss events) .

Step 5

Each opponent’s loss of life caused by Starscape’s trigger will itself trigger Bloodthirsty Conqueror’s ability (once per opponent that lost life). Those Bloodthirsty triggers go on the stack, and when they resolve they cause you to gain life again, re-triggering Starscape Cleric, and the chain repeats.

Step 6

This loop of triggered abilities continues, with each resolution producing further triggers, until something interrupts it (a replacement/prevention effect changes or prevents a life gain/loss, a creature leaves the battlefield removing the source of a trigger before it would trigger or resolve, or a player’s life total becomes 0 or less and they lose the game) .

Resolution

If you control both Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Starscape Cleric, an opponent losing life will begin a chain of triggered abilities: Bloodthirsty triggers and (when it resolves) you gain life; that life gain triggers Starscape Cleric which (when it resolves) makes each opponent lose 1 life; that loss re-triggers Bloodthirsty, etc. This loop will continue (placing more triggered abilities on the stack and resolving them) until something prevents the life changes or a player’s life total becomes 0 or less and that player loses the game .

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