Hardened Tactician + The Watcher in the Water + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu

Hardened Tactician

The Watcher in the Water

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu

How it works

1. Activate Hardened Tactician by paying 1 and sacrificing a token.
2. If you sacrificed a Tentacle, The Watcher's second ability triggers if the creature token was a Tentacle, untapping a Kraken and putting a stun counter on up to one nonland permanent.
3. Resolve the Hardened Tactician ability, causing you to draw a card.
4. The Watcher's first ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
5. Activate the Tentacle by tapping it, adding .
6. Repeat.

This engine transforms the steady card-drawing triggers of The Watcher in the Water into a self-sustaining loop by pairing it with Hardened Tactician to turn tokens into fresh cards. Jaheira, Friend of the Forest provides the crucial mana generation needed to keep paying for the Tactician's ability, allowing your newly created Tentacles to tap for green mana. Meanwhile, Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu bypasses summoning sickness so your fresh tokens can be immediately utilized, while its own mana generation helps fuel the entire process.