Golgari Thug + Vein Ripper + Phantom Train + Gwenom, Remorseless

Golgari Thug

Vein Ripper

Phantom Train

Gwenom, Remorseless

How it works

1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Golgari Thug.
2. When Golgari Thug dies, it and Vein Ripper trigger.
3. Resolve the Golgari Thug trigger, putting it from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
4. Resolve the Vein Ripper trigger, causing you to gain 2 life and target opponent to lose 2 life.
5. Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
6. Cast Golgari Thug from the top of your library by paying 2 life.
7. Repeat.

This cunning loop transforms the self-sacrificing nature of Phantom Train and Golgari Thug into an engine of relentless attrition. By feeding Golgari Thug to Phantom Train, you trigger Vein Ripper to steadily drain your opponent's life total while insulating your board, all while the Thug's own death trigger stacks your library. Gwenom, Remorseless then steps in as the enabler, allowing you to bypass mana costs entirely and recast Golgari Thug straight from the top of your library by paying life instead—a cost easily offset by the life-draining trigger.