Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Umbral Collar Zealot + Highspire Artisan

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

Umbral Collar Zealot

Highspire Artisan

How it works

1. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Highspire Artisan.
2. When Highspire Artisan dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. When Highspire Artisan enters, its fabricate ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
4. Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
5. Repeat.

This intricate loop revolves around the synergy between Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight's backside granting persist to your other nontoken creatures, which completely negates the traditional drawback of death. By using Umbral Collar Zealot to sacrifice Highspire Artisan, you trigger the persist return alongside Highspire Artisan's own fabricate ability; the resulting +1/+1 counter and -1/+1 counter immediately annihilate each other via state-based actions. This leaves Highspire Artisan entirely clean of counters and ready to be sacrificed over and over again, fueling infinite sacrifices, leaves-the-battlefield, entries, and endless surveils to dig through your library.