Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ambitious Aetherborn + Bartolomé del Presidio

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight

Ambitious Aetherborn

Bartolomé del Presidio

How it works

1. Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Ambitious Aetherborn.
2. When Ambitious Aetherborn dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. When Ambitious Aetherborn enters, its fabricate ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
4. Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
5. Repeat.

This elegant loop harnesses Isilu, Carrier of Twilight's static grant of persist to ensure that Ambitious Aetherborn can be repeatedly sacrificed to Bartolomé del Presidio without ever staying dead. Each time the Aetherborn returns with a -1/-1 counter, its fabricate ability lets you place a +1/+1 counter upon it, which conveniently neutralizes the -1/-1 counter through state-based actions so the persist loop can immediately reset. Meanwhile, Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn provides crucial early mana-fixing and convoke support while you set up your board state. Together, this synergy lets you churn through an infinite cascade of sacrifice and death triggers while growing Bartolomé del Presidio to astronomical proportions.