Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Illusionist's Stratagem + Timeless Witness

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Illusionist's Stratagem

Timeless Witness

How it works

1. Cast Illusionist's Stratagem by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Timeless Witness and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
3. Abdel Adrian and Timeless Witness trigger.
4. Resolve the Timeless Witness trigger, returning Illusionist's Stratagem 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 Illusionist's Stratagem.
6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Timeless Witness 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 brilliant loop uses Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward to repeatedly sweep your board and rebuild it bigger than before, fueled every step of the way by Illusionist's Stratagem's ability to blink your key creatures. Each time Abdel re-enters, he swallows up your mana sources and Timeless Witness, which triggers Timeless Witness to continuously fish Illusionist's Stratagem right back out of your graveyard. By tapping your mana-producing permanents in response, you generate an endless cascade of Soldier tokens, card draw, and entering-the-battlefield triggers while keeping the loop completely self-sustaining.