Sliver Queen + Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Sam, Loyal Attendant + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Heavy Arbalest
How it works
- Activate Shelob by tapping it, dealing 2 damage to Sliver Queen.
- Sliver Queen dies as a state-based action due to Shelob's deathtouch, triggering Shelob, creating a token copy of Sliver Queen that is a Food artifact.
- Activate the Sliver Queen token by paying 0, creating a 1/1 Sliver creature token.
- Repeat step 3.
This mesmerizing loop hinges on turning the legendary Sliver Queen into a snack and keeping her on the board through Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, whose presence completely neutralizes the legend rule so multiple Queens can happily coexist. Once Shelob, Child of Ungoliant applies her lethal touch and marks the original Queen for a transformation into a Food artifact, Sam, Loyal Attendant steps in to make that newly minted Food's activated ability cost {1} less—which brings Sliver Queen's original {2} creation cost all the way down to {1}. Wait, since the cost reduction makes her native {2} ability cost {1}, and she is simultaneously a creature and a Food artifact, you can tap Heavy Arbalest to deal damage and trigger the whole transmutation, or simply use the discounted mana ability if you have external mana, or pump out infinite Slivers by leveraging the cost reduction to break her mana-to-token ratio.