Defiler of Faith + Kor Skyfisher + Grand Arbiter Augustin IV + Virulent Emissary

Defiler of Faith

Kor Skyfisher

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Virulent Emissary

How it works

1. Cast Kor Skyfisher by paying 0 and 2 life due to Defiler of Faith and Grand Arbiter Augustin IV.
2. Defiler of Faith triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
3. When the Soldier enters, Virulent Emissary triggers, causing you to gain life.
4. Resolve Kor Skyfisher. When it enters, it and Virulent Emissary trigger.
5. Resolve the Kor Skyfisher trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
6. Resolve the Virulent Emissary trigger, causing you to gain life.
7. Repeat.

This clever loop turns the self-bouncing nature of Kor Skyfisher into a self-sustaining engine by heavily discounting its cost through Grand Arbiter Augustin IV and Defiler of Faith. As you repeatedly cast the Skyfisher for free by trading life for mana, Defiler of Faith steps in to churn out an endless army of 1/1 Soldier tokens with every cast. Meanwhile, Virulent Emissary keeps your life total stable by triggering off every single newcomer entering the battlefield, completely offsetting the life paid to the Defiler while generating infinite enters-the-battlefield and leaves-the-battlefield triggers.