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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Daru Spiritualist + Lancers en-Kor

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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Daru Spiritualist
Daru Spiritualist
Lancers en-Kor
Lancers en-Kor
Infinite lifegain

How it works

  1. Activate Lancers en-Kor's first ability by paying 0, targeting Daru Spiritualist.
  2. Daru Spiritualist triggers, causing itself to get +0/+2 until end of turn.
  3. Resolve the Lancers en-Kor ability, causing the next one damage dealt to Lancers en-Kor this turn to be dealt to Daru Spiritualist instead.
  4. Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
  5. Activate Ayli's first ability by paying 1 and sacrificing Daru Spiritualist, causing you to gain life equal to Daru Spiritualist's toughness.

This loop turns a clever piece of rules interaction into a massive life total through Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim. By repeatedly targeting Daru Spiritualist with the ability of Lancers en-Kor for zero mana, you trigger the Spiritualist's defensive bonus over and over again, stacking its toughness to absurdly high levels. Because Lancers en-Kor redirects damage rather than costing resources to activate, you can safely repeat this process as many times as you like. Finally, you cash in that astronomically inflated toughness by sacrificing the Spiritualist to Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, instantly netting you infinite life and setting the stage to use her ultimate removal ability.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
14 decks$0.49