Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra + Resourceful Defense + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra

Resourceful Defense

Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

How it works

1. Activate Terra, Magical Adept by paying 4 and tapping it, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield as Esper Terra.
2. When Esper Terra enters the battlefield, its first chapter ability triggers, copying another nonlegendary Saga you control and putting two to three lore counters on it.
3. The Saga tokens first through fourth chapter abilities trigger, as applicable. Resolve all triggers, and sacrifice the Saga token upon resolving the final trigger.
4. When the Saga token leaves the battlefield, Resourceful Defense triggers, moving the lore counters from the Saga token onto Esper Terra.
5. Esper Terra's second, third and fourth chapter abilities trigger.
6. Resolve the second and third chapter abilities.
7. Resolve the fourth chapter ability, adding and then exiling Esper Terra and returning it to the battlefield as Terra, Magical Adept.
8. Resourceful Defense and Terra, Magical Adept trigger.
9. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, moving all counters from Esper Terra onto any other permanent
10. Resolve the Terra, Magical Adept trigger, causing you to mill five cards and return up to one enchantment card from among them from your graveyard to your hand.
11. Repeat.

This clever loop transforms Terra, Magical Adept into Esper Terra to set off a cascading chain of Saga copying and massive mana production. Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler helps streamline your creature plays, while Resourceful Defense catches the lore counters as your cloned Sagas leave the battlefield, preserving your progress and feeding the engine. With every cycle of Esper Terra resetting back to its front face, you generate a storm of triggered abilities that produce infinite colored mana, endless ETBs and LTBs, and limitless token copies of your key enchantments.