Chthonian Nightmare + Patron of the Arts + Ardent Electromancer

Chthonian Nightmare

Patron of the Arts

Ardent Electromancer

How it works

1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying EEE, sacrificing Patron of the Arts and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
2. When Patron of the Arts dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
3. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Ardent Electromancer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4. When Ardent Electromancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding at least .
5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying 1.
7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get EEE.
8. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying EEE, sacrificing Ardent Electromancer and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Patron of the Arts from your graveyard to the battlefield.
9. When Patron of the Arts enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
10. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
11. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying 1.
12. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get EEE.
13. Repeat.

This elegant loop relies on the constant recycling of Chthonian Nightmare to leverage the enter-the-battlefield and death triggers of your sacrificed creatures. By spending the initial energy granted when Chthonian Nightmare enters, you sacrifice Patron of the Arts to pull Ardent Electromancer back from the graveyard. That death neatly triggers Patron of the Arts to forge a Treasure token, which you then crack for the black mana needed to recast the enchantment. Meanwhile, Ardent Electromancer enters the battlefield to provide a generous influx of red mana fueled by your party members. Cycling them back and forth creates an endless engine of sacrifices, storm count, and explosive mana generation.