Yosei, the Morning Star + Gift of Immortality + Thermopod

Yosei, the Morning Star

Gift of Immortality

Thermopod

How it works

1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Yosei.
2. When Yosei dies, it and Gift of Immortality trigger.
3. Resolve the Yosei trigger, causing the next player in turn order to skip their next untap step.
4. Resolve the Gift of Immortality trigger, returning Yosei from your graveyard to the battlefield.
5. At the beginning of the end step, Gift of Immortality triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to Yosei.
6. Repeat during each turn unless you are the next player in turn order.

This elegant little engine locks your opponents completely out of the game by weaponizing the death trigger of Yosei, the Morning Star. By enchanting Yosei with Gift of Immortality, you ensure that every time it hits the graveyard, it automatically returns to the battlefield, ready to be sacrificed again. Thermopod provides the necessary sacrifice outlet, turning each trip to the graveyard into both red mana and the fuel needed to trigger Yosei's devastating ability over and over again. As long as you keep looping this sequence, the targeted player will permanently skip their untap steps and have all their permanents perpetually tapped down, leaving them entirely helpless.