Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Preston, the Vanisher + Fiend Hunter + Essence Flux

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Preston, the Vanisher

Fiend Hunter

Essence Flux

How it works

1. Cast Essence Flux by paying , blinking Fiend Hunter.
2. When Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, its first ability and Preston trigger.
3. Resolve the Fiend Hunter trigger, exiling Abdel Adrian.
4. Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a copy of Fiend Hunter that is a 0/1 Illusion.
5. When the token Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, exiling the nontoken Fiend Hunter until the token Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield.
6. When the nontoken Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, its second ability triggers, returning Abdel Adrian from exile to the battlefield.
7. When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it and Preston trigger.
8. Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Abdel Adrian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
9. Put the token Abdel Adrian into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
10. The token Abdel Adrian's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers, choose not to exile a permanent.
11. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling the token Fiend Hunter and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
12. When the token Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Fiend Hunter from exile to the battlefield.
13. Repeat from step 2.

This intricate loop kicks off by using Essence Flux to jumpstart a cascading sequence of enter-the-battlefield and leave-the-battlefield triggers. As the blinking continues, Preston, the Vanisher acts as a tireless foundry, turning uncast creatures into 0/1 Illusion copies while Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward continually recycles your other permanents and populates your board with 1/1 Soldier tokens. Fiend Hunter acts as the vital linchpin in this exile-and-return cycle, alternating between locking away Abdel Adrian and being exiled itself by Abdel Adrian's own entry trigger. Because Preston's Illusion copies of Abdel Adrian immediately succumb to the legend rule, they effortlessly trigger Abdel Adrian's mass-exile ability without cluttering your board, allowing you to sustain the engine indefinitely.