Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Settle Beyond Reality + Ardent Elementalist

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Settle Beyond Reality

Ardent Elementalist

How it works

1. Cast Settle Beyond Reality by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
2. Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Ardent Elementalist and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
3. Abdel Adrian and Ardent Elementalist trigger.
4. Resolve the Ardent Elementalist trigger, returning Settle Beyond Reality 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 Settle Beyond Reality.
6. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Ardent Elementalist 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 elegant loop relies on Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward to continuously reset the battlefield, fueled by the recursive reach of Ardent Elementalist. By casting Settle Beyond Reality, you blink Abdel Adrian—which in turn triggers Ardent Elementalist to pluck that very same instant or sorcery right back out of your graveyard and into your hand. Meanwhile, Abdel Adrian's own entrance exiles your other mana-producing permanents and floods the board with 1/1 Soldier creature tokens, generating infinite value and sweeping your opponents' boards of creatures with Settle Beyond Reality's first mode.