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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Daru Spiritualist + Warrior en-Kor

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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
Daru Spiritualist
Daru Spiritualist
Warrior en-Kor
Warrior en-Kor
Infinite lifegain

How it works

  1. Activate Warrior en-Kor's first ability by paying 0, targeting Daru Spiritualist.
  2. Daru Spiritualist triggers, causing itself to get +0/+2 until end of turn.
  3. Resolve the Warrior en-Kor ability, causing the next one damage dealt to Warrior en-Kor this turn to be dealt to Daru Spiritualist instead.
  4. Repeat an arbitrarily large number of times.
  5. Activate Ayli's first ability by paying 1 and sacrificing Daru Spiritualist, causing you to gain life equal to Daru Spiritualist's toughness.

This clever life-generating engine relies on an infinite targeting loop to pump a creature's toughness to astronomical heights. By repeatedly using Warrior en-Kor's zero-mana redirection ability to target Daru Spiritualist, you trigger the Spiritualist's passive ability over and over, stacking massive amounts of toughness onto it thanks to its reaction to being targeted by an ability. Once its toughness is arbitrarily large, you can cash in that massive stat boost by feeding the creature to Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, converting the pumped-up toughness into a towering mountain of life gained.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
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