Dualcaster Mage + Fake Your Own Death + Woe Strider

Dualcaster Mage

Fake Your Own Death

Woe Strider

How it works

1. Cast Fake Your Own Death by paying 1, targeting any creature.
2. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying 1.
3. When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, it triggers, copying Fake Your Own Death, targeting Dualcaster Mage.
4. Resolve the copy of Fake Your Own Death.
5. Holding priority, activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
6. When Dualcaster Mage dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield and creating a Treasure token.
7. Repeat from step 3.
8. Resolve all Woe Strider abilities, causing you to scry 1 that many times.

This clever loop turns Dualcaster Mage and a single spell into a self-sustaining engine by utilizing Woe Strider as a reliable sacrifice outlet. When you cast Fake Your Own Death on a creature and respond by flashing in Dualcaster Mage, the Mage copies the spell to target itself, setting up a permanent safety net. Whenever Woe Strider consumes the Mage, the delayed trigger from Fake Your Own Death immediately returns it to the battlefield along with a fresh Treasure token, which can be cracked for the mana needed to keep the cycle going.