Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Altar of Dementia + The Fire Crystal

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Altar of Dementia

The Fire Crystal

How it works

1. Activate Atla by paying 2 and tapping it, creating an 0/1 Egg creature token with defender.
2. Activate Ghired by tapping a nontoken creature you control, creating a copy of the Egg token.
3. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing an Egg token.
4. When the Egg dies, Atla triggers, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card and put it onto the battlefield.
5. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
6. Repeat from step 2.

This brilliant engine turns your deck inside out by exploiting the rapid replication of fragile shells. Atla Palani, Nest Tender sets the foundation by hatching eggs, while Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds supercharges that production by letting your nontoken creatures tap to copy any token that entered the battlefield this turn—a process made even smoother if The Fire Crystal is lending its cost reduction and extra haste to your board. Whenever Altar of Dementia sacrifices one of those copied tokens, Atla Palani's death trigger fires to cheat a fresh creature straight from your library onto the battlefield.