Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + The Golden Throne + Blessed Sanctuary + Ashnod's Altar

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

The Golden Throne

Blessed Sanctuary

Ashnod's Altar

How it works

1. Activate The Golden Throne by tapping it and sacrificing Derevi, adding .
2. Choose to return Derevi to the command zone from your graveyard.
3. Activate Derevi by paying 1, putting Derevi onto the battlefield from the command zone.
4. When Derevi enters the battlefield, it and Blessed Sanctuary trigger.
5. Resolve the Blessed Sanctuary trigger, creating a 2/2 Unicorn creature token.
6. Resolve the Derevi trigger, untapping The Golden Throne.
7. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Unicorn, adding CC.
8. Repeat.

This clever loop turns Derevi, Empyrial Tactician into a self-sustaining engine by repeatedly bypassing the command zone tax with the mana generated from sacrificing her to The Golden Throne. Meanwhile, Ashnod's Altar provides the colorless mana needed to recast Derevi while turning the steady stream of sacrifices into a profit. The true brilliance of the setup lies in Blessed Sanctuary, whose replacement effect prevents noncombat damage and effortlessly populates your board with 2/2 Unicorn tokens every time Derevi enters the battlefield, fueling the altar and ensuring you always have fodder to keep the cycle going.