This clever loop relies on the interaction between Carrion Feeder and Persistent Constrictor, where sacrificing the Constrictor sends it to the graveyard only for its persist ability to bring it right back with a -1/+1 counter. That entering-the-battlefield event immediately triggers Stalwart Successor, whose passive ability recognizes the first counters placed on the creature that turn and counters out the persist drawback by adding a +1/+1 counter. Because +1/+1 and -1/+1 counters annihilate each other as a state-based action, the Persistent Constrictor is left entirely clean of counters and ready to be sacrificed to the Feeder all over again.