Appa, Steadfast Guardian + Icewind Stalwart + Thornscape Familiar + Stormscape Familiar

Appa, Steadfast Guardian

Icewind Stalwart

Thornscape Familiar

Stormscape Familiar

How it works

1. Cast Appa by paying
2. When Appa enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Icewind Stalwart with the ability to cast it later from exile.
3. Cast Icewind Stalwart from exile by paying 0.
4. Appa's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Ally creature token
5. When Icewind Stalwart enters, it triggers, blinking Appa.
6. Repeat from step 2.

This mesmerizing loop transforms a simple enter-the-battlefield trigger into an endless engine for token creation and storm count by cycling Appa, Steadfast Guardian and Icewind Stalwart back and forth. With cost reducers like Thornscape Familiar and Stormscape Familiar sharing the battlefield, Icewind Stalwart's exile-and-return ability becomes completely free to recast, allowing Appa to continuously blink it while flooding your board with 1/1 Ally tokens. Every single iteration of this cycle feeds itself, turning the combined discounts of both familiars into a runaway cascade of permanent triggers.