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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Acrobatic Maneuver + Possessed Skaab

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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Acrobatic Maneuver
Acrobatic Maneuver
Possessed Skaab
Possessed Skaab
Infinite card drawNear-infinite creature ETBInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite storm countNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite magecraft triggersNear-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite blinking of nonland permanents you control

How it works

  1. Cast Acrobatic Maneuver by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
  2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Possessed Skaab and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
  3. Abdel Adrian and Possessed Skaab trigger.
  4. Resolve the Possessed Skaab trigger, returning Acrobatic Maneuver from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Acrobatic Maneuver.
  6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Possessed Skaab and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
  7. Repeat.

This elegant loop turns a simple blink spell into an unstoppable engine by leveraging Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward to continuously swallow and regurgitate your own board state. As Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, he exiles your mana-producing permanents along with Possessed Skaab, whose entry trigger smartly plucks Acrobatic Maneuver right back out of your graveyard and into your hand. Recasting Acrobatic Maneuver resets the cycle by blinking Abdel Adrian, letting you tap your freshly returned mana sources to fund the next iteration while flooding the board with an endless army of Soldier tokens and drawing your entire deck.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
1 decks$0.60