Kenrith, the Returned King + Crystalline Crawler + Biomancer's Familiar + Caradora, Heart of Alacria
How it works
- Activate Kenrith by paying , putting two +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- Repeat.
This clever engine centers around Crystalline Crawler, which typically converts its counters into mana, but here becomes a self-sustaining battery thanks to its ability to turn a single green mana into two +1/+1 counters via Kenrith, the Returned King. Biomancer's Familiar is the grease on the wheels, reducing Kenrith's activation cost down to just a single green mana so the math actually yields a net profit of mana. Meanwhile, Caradora, Heart of Alacria acts as a powerful amplifier, sliding an extra +1/+1 counter onto the Crawler with every single loop to ensure your mana supply grows exponentially. Once you have this infinite colored mana loop humming, Kenrith's remaining abilities can be activated infinitely to draw your deck, gain infinite life, and recur every creature from all graveyards.