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Life from the Loam + Surly Badgersaur + Ayula's Influence + Forgotten Cave

R manaG mana
Life from the Loam
Life from the Loam
Surly Badgersaur
Surly Badgersaur
Ayula's Influence
Ayula's Influence
Forgotten Cave
Forgotten Cave
Infinite self-millNear-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite self-discard triggersNear-infinite storm count

How it works

  1. Activate Forgotten Cave's cycling ability by paying R mana and discarding it.
  2. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Forgotten Cave ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Life from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Ayula's Influence by discarding a land card.
  5. Surly Badgersaur's second ability triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Ayula's Influence ability, creating a 2/2 Bear creature token.
  7. Repeat from step 4 one additional time.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 1R manaG mana.
  9. Cast Life from the Loam by paying 1G mana, returning Forgotten Cave and two other lands from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Repeat.

This clever engine turns cycling and land recursion into a self-sustaining loop by leveraging **Life from the Loam** to perpetually feed your hand with lands from the graveyard. Whenever you cycle **Forgotten Cave**, **Surly Badgersaur** steps in to generate a valuable Treasure token while also fueling the dredge replacement effect that puts **Life from the Loam** back into your hand. Meanwhile, **Ayula's Influence** provides an active outlet to discard those recovered lands, letting **Surly Badgersaur** pump out even more Treasures to pay for recurring your entire package.

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