Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed + Pitiless Plunderer + Feign Death

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Pitiless Plunderer

Feign Death

How it works

1. During your precombat main phase, cast Feign Death by paying , targeting Xiahou Dun.
2. Activate Xiahou Dun by sacrificing it, targeting Feign Death.
3. When Xiahou Dun dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
4. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
5. Resolve the Xiahou Dun trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
6. Resolve the Xiahou Dun ability from step 2, returning Feign Death from your graveyard to your hand.
7. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
8. Repeat.

This elegant loop transforms Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed into a self-sustaining engine by exploiting his own sacrifice ability to continuously recur his own enabler. Pitiless Plunderer plays a vital supporting role here, watching from the battlefield to convert every self-sacrifice into a fresh Treasure token that funds the next iteration of the loop. Meanwhile, Feign Death provides the crucial recursive safety net, ensuring that Xiahou Dun never stays in the graveyard for long and seamlessly returning him to hand while also putting him right back onto the battlefield.