Oloro, Ageless Ascetic + Horizon Chimera + Mind Over Matter

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Horizon Chimera

Mind Over Matter

How it works

1. At the beginning of your upkeep, Oloro's first ability triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
2. Oloro's second ability triggers, holding priority, activate a permanent you control by tapping it, adding at least 1.
3. Resolve the Oloro trigger, causing you to pay 1 to draw a card and cause each opponent to lose 1 life.
4. Horizon Chimera triggers. Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
5. Resolve the Horizon Chimera trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
6. Repeat from step 2.

This intricate loop is sustained by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic, whose passive upkeep gain naturally feeds into the engine without ever needing to enter the battlefield. Once that initial life is gained, you leverage Oloro, Ageless Ascetic's triggered ability to draw cards by paying the required mana. Every single card drawn in this fashion immediately rouses Horizon Chimera, which gifts you a steady stream of life in response. That newly acquired life triggers Oloro, Ageless Ascetic all over again while providing the buffer you need, while Mind Over Matter steps in as the ultimate enabler by letting you discard cards to constantly untap your mana sources, keeping the whole magnificent cycle spinning endlessly.