Blood Funnel + Memory Crystal + Searing Touch + Sedgemoor Witch + Storm-Kiln Artist

Blood Funnel

Memory Crystal

Searing Touch

Sedgemoor Witch

Storm-Kiln Artist

How it works

1. Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying . Storm-Kiln Artist, Blood Funnel and Sedgemoor Witch trigger.
2. Resolve the Storm-Kiln Artist trigger, creating a Treasure token.
3. Holding priority, activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
4. Resolve the Sedgemoor Witch trigger, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
5. Resolve the Blood Funnel trigger, causing you to sacrifice the Pest token.
6. When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
7. Resolve the Searing Touch spell.
8. Repeat.

This elegant loop turns Searing Touch into a self-sustaining engine of destruction by heavily discounting both its casting and buyback costs. With Memory Crystal reducing the buyback to just {2} and Blood Funnel shaving another {2} off the base cost, you can cast the spell for a mere single red mana. Blood Funnel's penalty is neatly dodged thanks to Sedgemoor Witch, whose magecraft ability churns out a Pest token every time you cast an instant or sorcery to feed the sacrifice requirement. Simultaneously, Storm-Kiln Artist answers the call with its own magecraft trigger, generating a Treasure token that you immediately sacrifice for the mana needed to repeat the process indefinitely—all while pinging away targets with damage and racking up an endless stream of lifegain.