Daru Spiritualist + Animal Boneyard + Shaman en-Kor

Daru Spiritualist

Animal Boneyard

Shaman en-Kor

How it works

1. Activate Shaman en-Kor by paying 0, targeting Daru Spiritualist.
2. Daru Spiritualist triggers, giving it +0/+2 until end of turn.
3. Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
4. Activate the land with Animal Boneyard attached by tapping it and sacrificing Daru Spiritualist, causing you to gain life equal to Daru Spiritualist's toughness.

This loop is a classic engine of resilience, turning a tiny cost into astronomical defense. Shaman en-Kor provides a free, instant-speed ability that constantly targets your own creatures without actually expending any mana, letting you repeatedly trigger Daru Spiritualist's toughness-boosting ability to pump its toughness to astronomical heights. Once your Cleric's toughness has reached the stratosphere, you cash it in through Animal Boneyard's sacrifice ability to drain the graveyard for an enormous, game-winning amount of life.