Illuminor Szeras + Nim Deathmantle + Dross Scorpion

Illuminor Szeras

Nim Deathmantle

Dross Scorpion

How it works

1. Activate Illuminor Szeras by tapping it and sacrificing Dross Scorpion or another artifact creature with mana value four or greater, adding at least .
2. When the creature dies, Nim Deathmantle and Dross Scorpion trigger.
3. Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, causing you to pay 4 to return the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
4. Resolve the Dross Scorpion trigger, untapping Illuminor Szeras.
5. Repeat.

This vicious loop transforms a hefty mana value into an endless engine of dark resurrection by leaning on the persistent synergy between Illuminor Szeras and Nim Deathmantle. When you feed a creature with a mana value of four or greater to Illuminor Szeras's sacrifice ability, you generate the exact amount of black mana needed to immediately fund the return of that same creature via Nim Deathmantle's trigger. Meanwhile, Dross Scorpion acts as the mechanical heart of the machine, utilizing its triggered ability to untap Illuminor Szeras every time an artifact creature dies so the ritual can begin anew.