Sami, Wildcat Captain + Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam + Gilded Lotus

Sami, Wildcat Captain

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam

Gilded Lotus

How it works

1. Cast Gilded Lotus by paying at most 1 due to Sami.
2. Activate Gilded Lotus by tapping it, adding .
3. Activate Drafna by paying 1, returning Gilded Lotus from the battlefield to your hand.
4. Repeat.

This loop runs on a clever cost-reduction engine where Sami, Wildcat Captain steps in to make casting Gilded Lotus remarkably cheap by shaving off costs for the artifacts you control. Once Gilded Lotus resolves and taps for three mana, Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam is ready to bounce it right back to your hand for just two mana, leaving you with a net surplus of colored mana. Because Sami's affinity for artifacts keeps your recast costs minimal, you can endlessly replay and bounce the Lotus to generate infinite colored mana, endless enter-the-battlefield and leave-the-battlefield triggers, and a massive storm count.