Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Haunted One + Faces of the Past + Sage of Hours + Phantom Train

Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher

Haunted One

Faces of the Past

Sage of Hours

Phantom Train

How it works

1. Activate Vhal by tapping it, adding an amount of C equal to Vhal's toughness that cannot be spent to cast spells from your hand.
2. Haunted One triggers, causing Humans and Wizards you control to get +2/+0 and to gain undying until end of turn.
3. Activate Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it.
4. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Sage of Hours.
5. When Sage of Hours dies, its undying ability and Faces of the Past trigger.
6. Resolve the Sage of Hours trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
7. Resolve the Faces of the Past trigger, untapping all Humans and Wizards.
8. Resolve the Phantom Train ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
9. Repeat.

This intricate loop turns Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher and Haunted One into an engine for infinite value, uniting shared creature types to keep the momentum going. When you tap Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher to generate color-restricted colorless mana and tap it in the process, Haunted One grants your shared creature types undying, ensuring that whenever they perish, they bounce right back. Faces of the Past takes advantage of those deaths to untap your creatures, while Sage of Hours and Phantom Train work together in a grim cycle—sacrificing Sage of Hours to Phantom Train puts a counter on the Vehicle and sends Sage of Hours to the graveyard, triggering its undying return alongside an untap from Faces of the Past. Because Sage of Hours keeps coming back and Phantom Train keeps growing, you can continuously recycle your loop for endless sacrifices, triggers, and untaps.