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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic + Nadir Kraken + Ashnod's Altar + Leyline of Vitality

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Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Nadir Kraken
Nadir Kraken
Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
Leyline of Vitality
Leyline of Vitality
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite lifelossNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggers

How it works

  1. Draw a card.
  2. Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay 1 to put a +1/+1 counter on it and create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
  3. When the Tentacle enters the battlefield, Leyline of Vitality triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
  4. Oloro's second ability triggers.
  5. Holding prioirty, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Tentacle, adding CC.
  6. Resolve the Oloro trigger, causing you to pay 1 to draw a card and cause each opponent to lose 1 life.
  7. Repeat.

This clever loop turns a simple card draw into a self-sustaining engine by chaining together creature tokens, lifegain, and mana generation. Whenever you draw a card, Nadir Kraken invites you to pay mana to grow larger and spawn a Tentacle token, which immediately triggers Leyline of Vitality to reward you with life. That sudden lifegain activates Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, letting you pay a single mana to draw another card, while Ashnod's Altar stands ready to sacrifice the newly minted Tentacle to fund the entire process and keep the loop spinning indefinitely.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
0 decks$35.59