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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Blur + Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo

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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Blur
Blur
Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo
Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo
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 Blur by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
  2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Donnie & April and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
  3. Abdel Adrian and Donnie & April trigger.
  4. Resolve the Donnie & April trigger, returning Blur 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 Blur.
  6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Donnie & April 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 turns Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward into an engine of endless iteration by using Blur to repeatedly reset his entry trigger. Each time Abdel Adrian re-enters, he scoops up your mana-producing permanents and Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo into exile, flooding the board with 1/1 Soldiers while Donnie & April's entry ability conveniently recycles Blur right back to your hand. Tapping those freshly reset permanents for mana before Abdel Adrian eats them again pays for the next Blur, sustaining the cycle indefinitely while drawing you through your deck and generating an overwhelming army.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
2 decks$1.41