Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Umbral Collar Zealot + Glint-Sleeve Artisan

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

Umbral Collar Zealot

Glint-Sleeve Artisan

How it works

1. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Glint-Sleeve Artisan.
2. When Glint-Sleeve Artisan dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. When Glint-Sleeve Artisan enters, its fabricate ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
4. Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
5. Repeat.

This elegant loop relies on the transforming front and back faces of Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight to endlessly recycle your board, utilizing its back face's static grant of persist to bring back your creatures with a -1/-1 counter. Umbral Collar Zealot provides the crucial sacrifice outlet that also lets you dig through your deck with surveil 1 each iteration. Meanwhile, Glint-Sleeve Artisan serves as the perfect recursive engine, using its fabricate ability to place a +1/+1 counter that instantly cancels out the incoming persist counter, preventing your creature from ever being permanently worn down by counters.