Emeria Shepherd + World Shaper + Thermopod + Need for Speed

Emeria Shepherd

World Shaper

Thermopod

Need for Speed

How it works

1. Activate Need for Speed by sacrificing a land.
2. Repeat step 1 until you control no lands.
3. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing World Shaper.
4. When World Shaper dies, it triggers, return all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
5. When the lands enter, Emeria Shepherd triggers that many times.
6. Resolve an Emeria Shepherd trigger that was triggered by a Plains, returning World Shaper from your graveyard to the battlefield.
7. Resolve all remaining Emeria Shepherd triggers.
8. Repeat

This fascinating loop transforms the modest sacrifice outlet Thermopod into an engine of relentless recycling, fueled by the relentless land-pumping power of World Shaper. By using Need for Speed to strip away your own lands, you feed the graveyard while fueling the cascade of landfall triggers that Emeria Shepherd demands. Once the lands flood back into play tapped through World Shaper's death trigger, Emeria Shepherd's ability—magnified when those lands are Plains—flicks World Shaper right back to the battlefield, ready to be sacrificed all over again for red mana.