BACKGROUND:
The usual magic rules apply here. Please be explicit in mana usage in your solution where relevant. I've tried to ensure that there are no infinite loops available, but if I somehow missed one, please inform me.
If you draw any cards, you may assume that you draw whatever cards you require that are still in your library, regardless of shuffling.
You guys asked for a hard one so here it is. This is going to be a pretty difficult one and may involve some complex interactions. Be sure to be careful with all steps and read all cards carefully. If you're fuzzy on a rule/interaction, here is the comprehensive rulebook and here is the mtg judge chat where you can ask rulings questions that you can't find on the web.
All permanents in the given setup below are owned by their controllers (recall that if a player loses the game, all permanents they own are removed from the game regardless of who controls them at the time)
Your solution may not assume that an opponent will cooperate with you in some way (e.g. choose not to block when they have legal blockers). Your solution must be able to win regardless of any potential blocks made by your opponents.
PUZZLE SETUP:
It's a game of 3-for-all! You're behind on life and on board and your opponents are trying to lock the game down.
It is your main phase 1. Given the board state given below, defeat both of your opponents this turn!
Your hand:
Pull from Eternity
Your board: (all untapped; all permanents have been in continuous control since beginning turn)
2 Birthing Pod
Kitchen Finks (with no counters)
25 Mountain
5 Swamp
1 Plains
25 life
Your graveyard:
Necropede
Your library:
23 Swamp
Glistener Elf
Hapless Researcher
Nature's Chosen
Qasali Pridemage
Dross Harvester
Kathari Bomber
Laboratory Maniac
Shade's Form
Village Bell-Ringer
Academy Rector
Arcum Dagsson
Clever Impersonator
March of the Machines
Phyrexian Metamorph
Xenograft
Cryptic Gateway
Karmic Guide
Phyrexian Delver
Sky Hussar
Auratouched Mage
Sun Titan
Angel of Serenity
Boonweaver Giant
Sepulchral Primordial
Gigantomancer
Trench Gorger
Opponent 1's hand:
Nothing
Opponent 1's board: (all untapped)
Blood Reckoning
Peacekeeper
2 Silent Arbiter
60 life
Opponent 1's graveyard:
Hamlet Captain
Rage Weaver
Voice of Resurgence
Hellrider
Phage the Untouchable
Opponent 2's hand:
Nothing
Opponent 2's board: (all untapped)
2 Ghostly Prison
Windborn Muse
Activated Jace, Architect of Thought's +1 last turn. The Jace is no longer on the field, but in the graveyard
44 life
Opponent 2's graveyard:
Lightning Mauler
Silverblade Paladin
Hero of Bladehold
Jace, Architect of Thought that activated +1 last turn
All Exiles:
Nothing
Answer
Update: Now with formatting and links!
The win condition is
Laboratory Maniac, which makes sense, since he's the oddball out in this list. Everything else is very Birthing Pod friendly.
I'll use [Pod 1 or 2] > [Thing Sacrificed] > [Thing Gotten] for shorthand. Links are used to identify the first time a specific card is drawn or acquired. Also, the Plains and Pull from Eternity were added later, so I'll be solving without their aid. (You can assume for this entire solution that I am holding Pull from Eternity in my hand and have my Plains untapped, if you wish)
Tap all your lands for mana floating - we'll be winning in this phase
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Starting Resources:
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, 25 life
Board: Birthing Pod 1 (P1), Birthing Pod 2 (P2), Kitchen Finks
Graveyard: Necropede
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P1 > Kitchen Finks > Academy Rector, persist Kitchen Finks, Kitchen Finks gets -1/-1, gain 2 life
P2 > Academy Rector > Sky Hussar, exile Rector for March of the Machines, untap both Pods (thanks to March of the Machines making them creatures)
P1 > Sky Hussar > Auratouched Mage, finding and attaching Nature's Chosen
Tap Autatouched Mage to untap P1, using Nature's Chosen
P1 > Auratouched Mage > Sepulchral Primordial, grabbing Lightning Mauler and Voice of Resurgence from opponents' graveyards and putting them on the battlefield
P2 > Voice of Resurgence > Village Bell-Ringer, get an Elemental Token, untap both Pods
P1 > Village Bell-Ringer > Arcum Dagsson
P2 > Arcum Dagsson > Karmic Guide, returning Village Bell-Ringer, untap both Pods
P1 > Village Bell-Ringer > Clever Impersonator, copying Karmic Guide, returning Arcum Daagsson, soulbond Arcum Daagsson with Lightning Mauler, giving both Haste
P2 > Karmic Guide > Sun Titan, returning Village Bell-Ringer, untap both Pods
P1 > Village Bell-Ringer > Phyrexian Metamorph, copying Kitchen Finks, gain 2 life
P2 > Elemental Token > Hapless Researcher
Tap Arcum Dagsson for his ability targeting Phyrexian Metamorph (Kitchen Finks), sacrifice Phyrexian Metamorph (Kitchen Finks) and replace it with Cryptic Gateway, persist Phyrexian Metamorph (Kitchen Finks), copying Sun Titan (with -1/-1), returning Village Bell-Ringer, untap both Pods and Arcum Dagsson
P1 > Phyrexian Metamorph (Sun Titan) (-1/-1) > Angel of Serenity, exiling Karmic Guide, Sky Hussar, and Phyrexian Metamorph
P2 > Angel of Serenity > Gigantomancer, returning Karmic Guide, Sky Hussar, and Phyrexian Metamorph to my hand
Tap Arcum Dagsson and Gigantomancer to play Sky Hussar, untap both Pods, Arcum Dagsson, and Gigantomancer
P1 > Lightning Mauler > Dross Harvester, Arcum Dagsson no longer has haste
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Stabilization
Board: Birthing Pod 1, Birthing Pod 2, March of the Machines, Cryptic Gateway, Kitchen Finks (-1/-1), Sepulchral Primordial, Dross Harvester, Sun Titan, Humans: [Hapless Researcher, Arcum Dagsson, Gigantomancer, Village Bell-Ringer, Sky Hussar], Angels: [Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide)]
Hand: Karmic Guide, Phyrexian Metamorph
Graveyard: Necropede, Auratouched Mage, Nature's Chosen, Angel of Serenity
Exile: Academy Rector
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Sacrifice Hapless Researcher, draw and discard Xenograft, gain 2 life
Play Phyrexian Metamorph for RRR, pay 2 life, copy Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), return Hapless Researcher
Sacrifice Hapless Researcher, draw and discard Glistener Elf, gain 2 life
--- Beginning Loop One ---
Tap Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide) to play Karmic Guide using Cryptic Gateway, returning Angel of Serenity, exiling Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher
P2 > Angel of Serenity > Trench Gorger (exiling all 23 Swamps in the deck), returning Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher to my hand
Tap Arcum Dagsson and Gigantomancer to play Hapless Researcher using Cryptic Gateway
Tap Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar to play Village Bell-Ringer using Cryptic Gateway, untapping both Pods, Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide), Arcum Dagsson, Gigantomancer, Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar
Sacrifice Hapless Researcher, draw and discard Qasali Pridemage, gain 2 life
--- Beginning Loop Two ---
Tap Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide), to play Karmic Guide using Cryptic Gateway, return Angel of Serenity, exiling Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher
P1 > Angel of Serenity > [Fail to Find], returning Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher to my hand
P2 > Sun Titan > Boonweaver Giant, finding and attaching Shade's Form
Tap Arcum Dagsson and Gigantomancer to play Hapless Researcher using Cryptic Gateway
Tap Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar to play Village Bell-Ringer using Cryptic Gateway, untapping both Pods, Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide), Arcum Dagsson, Gigantomancer, Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar
Sacrifice Hapless Researcher, draw and discard Kathari Bomber, gain 2 life
--- Beginning Loop Three ---
Tap Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide), to play Karmic Guide using Cryptic Gateway, return Angel of Serenity, exiling Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher
P1 > Angel of Serenity > [Fail to Find], returning Karmic Guide, Village Bell-Ringer, and Hapless Researcher to my hand
Tap Arcum Dagsson and Gigantomancer to play Hapless Researcher using Cryptic Gateway
P2 > Arcum Dagsson > Phyrexian Delver, return Qasali Pridemage, lose 2 life
Tap Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar to play Village Bell-Ringer using Cryptic Gateway, untapping both Pods, Clever Impersonator (Karmic Guide), Phyrexian Metamorph (Karmic Guide), Gigantomancer, Hapless Researcher and Sky Hussar
P1 > Qasali Pridemage > Laboratory Maniac
At this point, your deck is now empty
Sacrifice Hapless Researcher with an empty deck and Laboratory Maniac in play, gain 2 life, win the game!
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