Rowan, Scion of War + Phyrexian Altar + Sedgemoor Witch + Searing Touch

Rowan, Scion of War

Phyrexian Altar

Sedgemoor Witch

Searing Touch

How it works

1. Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn by at least 4.
2. Cast Searing Touch with buyback by paying due to Rowan's ability, targeting any applicable target.
3. Sedgemoor Witch triggers, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
4. Resolve Searing Touch, dealing 1 damage to any target and returning Searing Touch to your hand.
5. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding .
6. When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
7. Repeat from step 2.

This explosive loop revolves around leveraging Rowan, Scion of War to massively discount your red and black spells by paying a heavy life cost, transforming Searing Touch into a virtually free cast thanks to its buyback cost. As you repeatedly cast and buy back Searing Touch, Sedgemoor Witch watches every spell with its magecraft ability to continuously churn out Pest creature tokens. Those tokens aren't just for show; sacrificing them to Phyrexian Altar provides the exact red mana needed to recast the spell while simultaneously triggering the Pests' built-in lifegain to help fuel Rowan's next activation.