Juniper Order Ranger + Phantom Train

Juniper Order Ranger

Phantom Train

How it works

1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing the persist creature.
2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. When the persist creature enters, Juniper Order Ranger triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature and Juniper Order Ranger.
4. Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
5. Repeat

This loop relies on Juniper Order Ranger to perpetually counteract the drawback of a persist creature, whose ability returns it to the battlefield from the graveyard with a -1/-1 counter whenever it dies. By using Phantom Train's activated ability, you can repeatedly sacrifice that creature—turning the Vehicle into a creature in the process—to fuel the loop while simultaneously growing Phantom Train itself with a +1/+1 counter. Because state-based actions neutralize the persist creature's -1/-1 counter and the incoming +1/+1 counter from Juniper Order Ranger simultaneously, the creature's counter total resets to zero upon re-entry, allowing you to sacrifice it endlessly for infinite creature deaths, enters-the-battlefield triggers, and indefinitely massive stats.