Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra + Resourceful Defense + Temur Ascendancy

Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

Resourceful Defense

Temur Ascendancy

How it works

1. Activate Terra, Magical Adept by paying 4 and tapping it, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield as Esper Terra.
2. When Esper Terra enters the battlefield, its first chapter ability triggers, copying another nonlegendary Saga you control and putting two to three lore counters on it.
3. The Saga tokens first through fourth chapter abilities trigger, as applicable. Resolve all triggers, and sacrifice the Saga token upon resolving the final trigger.
4. When the Saga token leaves the battlefield, Resourceful Defense triggers, moving the lore counters from the Saga token onto Esper Terra.
5. Esper Terra's second, third and fourth chapter abilities trigger.
6. Resolve the second and third chapter abilities.
7. Resolve the fourth chapter ability, adding and then exiling Esper Terra and returning it to the battlefield as Terra, Magical Adept.
8. Resourceful Defense and Terra, Magical Adept trigger.
9. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, moving all counters from Esper Terra onto any other permanent
10. Resolve the Terra, Magical Adept trigger, causing you to mill five cards and return up to one enchantment card from among them from your graveyard to your hand.
11. Repeat.

This intricate engine relies on transforming Terra, Magical Adept into its back face, Esper Terra, to kick off a self-sustaining loop of copied enchantments and massive mana generation. As your Sagas multiply and eventually leave the battlefield, Resourceful Defense captures their departing lore counters and relocates them to Esper Terra, instantly accelerating its own chapters. Meanwhile, Temur Ascendancy ensures your creatures enter with haste and keeps your hand full by drawing cards whenever a power-4-or-greater creature hits the board. When Esper Terra reaches its final chapter, it produces a staggering amount of colored mana before flipping back to its front face, letting Terra, Magical Adept mill you and recur key enchantments to start the cycle anew.