Essence Depleter + Cryptic Trilobite + Spider-Man, Peter Parker

Essence Depleter

Cryptic Trilobite

Spider-Man, Peter Parker

How it works

1. Activate Essence Depleter by paying 1C, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
2. Spider-Man triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite.
3. Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding CC that can only be spent to activate abilities.
4. Repeat.

This clever loop turns simple life-drain into a self-sustaining engine by letting the pieces feed into one another's strengths. You kick things off with Essence Depleter, whose activated ability drains an opponent while padding your own life total. That influx of life triggers Spider-Man, Peter Parker, rewarding you by dropping a fresh +1/+1 counter straight onto Cryptic Trilobite. Finally, Cryptic Trilobite cashes in that very counter to produce the colorless mana required to pay for the next activation, leaving you with a surplus of energy to repeat the cycle indefinitely.