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Enduring Vitality + Zur, Eternal Schemer + Rising of the Day + Thermopod

W manaU manaB manaR manaG mana
Enduring Vitality
Enduring Vitality
Zur, Eternal Schemer
Zur, Eternal Schemer
Rising of the Day
Rising of the Day
Thermopod
Thermopod
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers

How it works

  1. If Enduring Vitality is not a creature, activate Zur by paying 1W mana, causing Enduring Vitality to become a creature.
  2. Activate Enduring Vitality by tapping it, adding W mana.
  3. Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Enduring Vitality, adding R mana.
  4. When Enduring Vitality dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield as an enchantment.
  5. Repeat.

This clever loop turns Enduring Vitality into an infinite recycling engine by leveraging Zur, Eternal Schemer's ability to temporarily animate non-Aura enchantments into creatures. With Rising of the Day ensuring our pieces can act immediately, the newly animated Enduring Vitality taps for mana before being sacrificed to Thermopod for red mana. Because Enduring Vitality's own static death trigger returns it directly to the battlefield as a non-creature enchantment instead of staying in the graveyard, it completely bypasses traditional permanent loss and sets up Zur to animate it all over again.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyModernOathbreakerVintage
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