Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Bloodspore Thrinax

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Bloodspore Thrinax

How it works

1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the persist creature.
2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Bloodspore Thrinax
3. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
4. Repeat

This engine thrives on an endless cycle of sacrifice and rebirth, turning your graveyard into a revolving door fueled by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine and a persist creature. As you feed creatures to Shilgengar, Sire of Famine, you amass a horde of Blood tokens while triggering your persist creature's return. The secret to keeping the loop going without your persist creature rotting away is Bloodspore Thrinax, whose devour ability and passive stat-boosting make sure your returning threats always arrive with enough +1/+1 counters to instantly offset any -1/-1 counters they might have accrued.