River Kelpie + Thran Vigil + Bartolomé del Presidio

River Kelpie

Thran Vigil

Bartolomé del Presidio

How it works

1. Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing River Kelpie.
2. When River Kelpie dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. Thran Vigil and River Kelpie trigger.
4. Resolve the Thran Vigil trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on River Kelpie.
5. Resolve the River Kelpie trigger, causing you to draw a card.
6. Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability
7. Repeat.

This clever sacrifice loop transforms Bartolomé del Presidio into an engine of relentless rebirth by feeding River Kelpie to his hunger over and over. Every time River Kelpie perishes and returns via its persist ability, it leaps back from the graveyard to the battlefield, tripping its own triggered ability to net you a fresh card. Meanwhile, Thran Vigil watches the creature leave your graveyard during your turn, handing out a +1/+1 counter that instantly cancels out River Kelpie's incoming -1/-1 counter so the loop can repeat indefinitely.