Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Cloudshift

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders

Cloudshift

How it works

1. Cast Cloudshift by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Invasion of Arcavios and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
3. Abdel Adrian and Invasion of Arcavios trigger.
4. Resolve the Invasion of Arcavios trigger, returning Cloudshift 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 Cloudshift.
6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Invasion of Arcavios 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 ingenious loop uses Cloudshift to repeatedly blink Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward, leveraging his ability to continuously re-exile and return your nonland permanents for an unstoppable cascade of value. As Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield alongside him, its ETB ability reaches into your graveyard to retrieve Cloudshift, ensuring you never run out of ammunition. Meanwhile, Invocation of the Founders watches over the proceedings as the transformed back face, doubling every instant or sorcery you cast from your hand to supercharge your storm count and magecraft triggers.