This clever loop relies on Earthcraft to turn your newly minted tokens into free mana by tapping them to untap a basic land, which directly fuels the two-mana activation cost of Sliver Queen. While the Queen normally breaks even on mana to make a single token, Bard, King of Dale supercharges the engine by doubling every token creation, instantly yielding two Sliver tokens for every single activation. This means each cycle of generating and tapping tokens nets you a surplus of resources, safely producing infinite creature ETBs and tapped creature tokens for formats like commander, oathbreaker, and vintage.