Pheres-Band Tromper + Sinking Feeling + Paradise Mantle + Shang-Chi, Martial Mentor
How it works
- Activate Pheres-Band Tromper by tapping it, adding 1.
- Activate Pheres-Band Tromper by paying 1 and putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- Pheres-Band Tromper triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
- Repeat.
This loop turns the tension between growth and decay into a perpetual motion machine by outmaneuvering traditional resource limits. Pheres-Band Tromper anchors the engine, gaining an inspired trigger whenever it untaps, while Sinking Feeling provides the exact activation cost needed to force that untap at will by trading a -1/-1 counter for an untapped state. Paradise Mantle ensures this mechanical cycle also generates infinite mana along the way by turning every untap into a tap for any color. Finally, Shang-Chi, Martial Mentor supercharges the whole sequence by doubling the incoming growth, ensuring that the single +1/+1 counter from the inspired ability becomes two counters—neatly outscaling the -1/+1 counter cancellation rule and leaving Pheres-Band Tromper infinitely large.