Chthonian Nightmare + Patron of the Arts + Thunderscape Familiar

Chthonian Nightmare

Patron of the Arts

Thunderscape Familiar

How it works

1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most 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 another creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying .
6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get EEE.
7. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying EEE, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Patron of the Arts from your graveyard to the battlefield.
8. When Patron of the Arts enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
9. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
10. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying .
11. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get EEE.
12. Repeat.

This clever loop turns the self-bouncing enchantment Chthonian Nightmare into a recycling engine by constantly feeding it sacrifices. Patron of the Arts acts as both the sacrificial fuel and the reward, producing a Treasure token whenever it enters the battlefield or dies to fund recasting the enchantment. Meanwhile, Thunderscape Familiar eases the economic strain by reducing Chthonian Nightmare's black mana cost, allowing you to continually churn your graveyard and trigger endless death and entrance effects.