Alela, Artful Provocateur + Cathars' Crusade + Ancestral Statue + Workhorse + Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Alela, Artful Provocateur

Cathars' Crusade

Ancestral Statue

Workhorse

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

How it works

1. Cast Ancestral Statue by paying 4.
2. Alela triggers, creating a 1/1 Faerie creature token.
3. When the Faerie enters the battlefield, Cathars' Crusade triggers twice, putting two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
4. When Ancestral Statue enters the battlefield, it and Cathars' Crusade trigger twice.
5. Resolve the Ancestral Statue triggers, returning it and the Faerie from the battlefield to your hand.
6. Resolve the Cathars' Crusade triggers, putting two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
7. Activate Workhorse four times by removing four +1/+1 counters from it, adding CCCC.
8. Repeat.

This ingenious loop is supercharged by Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines, whose presence doubles all your entry triggers while simultaneously shutting down your opponents' responses. When you cast Ancestral Statue, Alela, Artful Provocateur steps in to reward the artifact spell by generating a Faerie token, which in turn triggers Cathars' Crusade to permanently swell your board with massive +1/+1 counters. As the Statue enters, its own self-bounce ability is doubled, allowing you to seamlessly pick it back up while Workhorse serves as the vital mana battery—cashing in its own counters for colorless mana to pay the Statue's casting cost over and over again.