Lotus Ring + Solemnity + Samut, Tyrant Smasher

Lotus Ring

Solemnity

Samut, Tyrant Smasher

How it works

1. Activate the creature with persist by tapping and sacrificing it, adding 3.
2. When the creature dies, Solemnity triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. Activate Lotus Ring's equip ability by paying 3, attaching it to the persist creature.
4. Repeat.

This ingenious loop harnesses the natural synergy between a creature with persist and Solemnity, whose static ability prevents any counters—including the dreaded -1/-1 counters that would normally shut persist down—from ever being placed on your permanents. This allows the creature to rise endlessly from the grave every time it is sacrificed. Lotus Ring steps in as the engine's catalyst, letting you tap and sacrifice the creature for three mana to easily fund its own re-equipping costs while generating an infinite storm of enters-the-battlefield, leaves-the-battlefield, and death triggers. Meanwhile, Samut, Tyrant Smasher ensures your creatures have the necessary haste to act immediately or fit seamlessly into whatever broader strategy you are brewing.