Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Thermopod + Reluctant Role Model

Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

Thermopod

Reluctant Role Model

How it works

1. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing the creature with a coin counter on it, adding .
2. When the creature dies, Athreos's second ability and Reluctant Role Model's second ability trigger.
3. Resolve the Athreos trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4. Resolve the Reluctant Role Model trigger, putting a coin counter on it if it wasn't the creature that was sacrificed, or another nontoken creature you control otherwise.
5. Repeat.

This elegant loop leverages Athreos, Shroud-Veiled to continuously rescue your sacrificed creatures, turning Thermopod into a reliable engine that churns out infinite red mana alongside endless entry and death triggers. The secret sauce is Reluctant Role Model, whose ability acts as a crucial safety net: whenever a creature with counters dies, its counters migrate to a new target, ensuring that Athreos can keep tracking your revolving-door sacrifice subject with fresh coin counters turn after turn.