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

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders

Essence Flux

How it works

1. Cast Essence Flux 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 Essence Flux 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 Essence Flux.
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 clever loop relies on Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward to continuously reset and recast your spells while generating an army of Soldier tokens. When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it exiles Invasion of Arcavios along with your mana-producing permanents, which triggers the Siege's ability to pull Essence Flux right back from your graveyard into your hand. You then cast Essence Flux to blink Abdel Adrian, returning everything to the field and letting you tap your permanents for mana just in time to pay for the spell all over again.