Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods + Ashcloud Phoenix + Marauding Raptor

Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Ashcloud Phoenix

Marauding Raptor

How it works

1. Cast Ashcloud Phoenix by paying 1.
2. When Ashcloud Phoenix enters the battlefield, Marauding Raptor triggers, dealing 2 damage to it.
3. Ashcloud Phoenix dies as a state-based action due to having less than 0 toughness.
4. Ashcloud Phoenix's first ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down.
5. When Ashcloud Phoenix enters the battlefield face-down, Marauding Raptor triggers, dealing 2 damage to it.
6. Ashcloud Phoenix dies as a state-based action due to having less than 0 toughness.
7. Yarus' second ability triggers, returning Ashcloud Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down, and then turning it face-up.
8. Marauding Raptor and Ashcloud Phoenix's second ability trigger.
9. Resolve the Ashcloud Phoenix trigger, dealing 2 damage to each player.
10. Resolve the Marauding Raptor trigger, dealing 2 damage to Ashcloud Phoenix.
11. Repeat from step 3.

This fiery loop centers around Marauding Raptor dealing lethal damage to Ashcloud Phoenix the moment it touches the battlefield, which immediately sets off a cascading chain of triggers. When the Phoenix dies for the first time, its own death trigger puts it right back onto the battlefield face down, only to be struck down once more by Marauding Raptor's watchful gaze. That second death triggers Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods, which both resurrects the Phoenix face down and triumphantly flips it face up. This resurrection cycle naturally sets off Ashcloud Phoenix's turn-face-up ability to scorch your opponents for endless damage while feeding right back into the loop.