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Deranged Hermit + Temur Sabertooth + Phyrexian Altar + Primal Vigor

G mana
Deranged Hermit
Deranged Hermit
Temur Sabertooth
Temur Sabertooth
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Primal Vigor
Primal Vigor
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm countInfinite blinking

How it works

  1. Cast Deranged Hermit by paying 3G manaG mana.
  2. When Deranged Hermit enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating eight 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar seven times by sacrificing seven Squirrels, adding 4G manaG manaG mana.
  4. Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying 1G mana, returning Deranged Hermit to your hand from the battlefield.
  5. Repeat.

This elegant loop turns the humble squirrel into an unstoppable engine by leveraging Primal Vigor to double the token output of Deranged Hermit from four to eight whenever it enters the battlefield. With that massive influx of critters, you can feed seven of them to Phyrexian Altar to generate the necessary mana, leaving you with enough leftover resources to fund Temur Sabertooth's activation cost and bounce Deranged Hermit right back to your hand. Because Deranged Hermit's static lord effect and the token-doubling of Primal Vigor create a massive surplus of value each cycle, you can easily recast the Hermit to repeat the process indefinitely for infinite mana, tokens, and death triggers.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
4 decks$149.54