Emeria Shepherd + Aftermath Analyst + Trenching Steed + The Wandering Minstrel

Emeria Shepherd

Aftermath Analyst

Trenching Steed

The Wandering Minstrel

How it works

1. Activate any number of lands by tapping them, adding at least 3.
2. Activate Trenching Steed by sacrificing a land.
3. Repeat step 2 until you control no lands.
4. Activate Aftermath Analyst by paying 3 and sacrificing it, returning all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield untapped due to The Wandering Minstrel.
5. When the lands enter, Emeria Shepherd triggers that many times.
6. Resolve an Emeria Shepherd trigger that was triggered by a Plains, returning Aftermath Analyst from your graveyard to the battlefield.
7. Resolve all other Emeria Shepherd triggers, returning any number of nonland permanents from your graveyard to either your hand or the battlefield.
8. Repeat.

This elaborate loop turns the humble graveyard into an endless engine of resurrection, leveraging Aftermath Analyst as both a self-mill setup and the ultimate mass-land returner. By feeding your own territory to Trenching Steed, you empty your board of lands so that Aftermath Analyst's sacrifice can pull them all straight back into play at once, a process beautifully smoothed by The Wandering Minstrel ensuring those lands enter untapped rather than slowed down. Every single land drop triggers Emeria Shepherd, and because those returning lands include Plains, the Shepherd's landfall ability can bypass the hand entirely to cheat Aftermath Analyst and the rest of your nonland permanents directly onto the battlefield.