Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Ant Queen + Parallel Lives + Tannuk, Steadfast Second

Jaheira, Friend of the Forest

Ant Queen

Parallel Lives

Tannuk, Steadfast Second

How it works

1. Activate Ant Queen by paying 1, creating two 1/1 Insect creature tokens.
2. Activate the Insects by tapping them, adding .
3. Repeat

This clever loop turns your bug-breeding operations into a self-sustaining green mana engine, thanks to Jaheira, Friend of the Forest granting your tokens the ability to tap for green mana. Normally, Ant Queen’s ability costs {1}{G} to activate, but Parallel Lives doubles your token yield so that every activation produces two Insects instead of one—meaning your newly created tokens tap together to generate exactly enough mana to fund the next activation and keep the cycle spinning. Meanwhile, Tannuk, Steadfast Second stands ready in the background to give your entire swarming army haste, though the true magic here is simply the sheer, unbounded velocity of your infinite creature tokens and endless creature enters-the-battlefield triggers.