Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ghave, Guru of Spores + Phantom Train

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight

Ghave, Guru of Spores

Phantom Train

How it works

1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Ghave.
2. When Ghave dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
3. Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
4. Repeat.

This fascinating loop transforms the front face of Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight into its Isilu, Carrier of Twilight form to grant your nontoken creatures persist, while the back face's convoke ability and the mana-generating potential of Ghave, Guru of Spores help fuel the engine. By activating Phantom Train to sacrifice Ghave, you trigger that very same persist ability to repeatedly return Ghave to the battlefield, neatly bypassing counter restrictions and fueling endless sacrifices. Phantom Train then uses those sacrifices to stack infinite +1/+1 counters onto itself, generating a massive onslaught of enter-the-battlefield and death triggers for your glorious victory.