Defiler of Faith + Pearl Medallion + Kor Celebrant + Whitemane Lion

Defiler of Faith

Pearl Medallion

Kor Celebrant

Whitemane Lion

How it works

1. Cast Whitemane Lion by paying 0 and 2 life due to Defiler of Faith and Pearl Medallion.
2. Defiler of Faith triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
3. When the Soldier enters, Kor Celebrant triggers, causing you to gain life.
4. Resolve Whitemane Lion. When it enters, it and Kor Celebrant trigger.
5. Resolve the Whitemane Lion trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
6. Resolve the Kor Celebrant trigger, causing you to gain life.
7. Repeat.

This ingenious loop turns Whitemane Lion into a zero-mana self-returning engine by combining the cost-reducing power of Pearl Medallion with the life-payment discount of Defiler of Faith. Because these two cost-reducers slash the Lion's mana requirement down to nothing, you can repeatedly cast it from your hand for just two life while Defiler of Faith rewards each casting with a fresh 1/1 Soldier token. Every time either the Lion or a Soldier enters the battlefield, Kor Celebrant triggers to cushion the life you paid, turning a self-sustaining cycle into an endless parade of tokens, enters-the-battlefield triggers, and lifegain.