Rakdos, the Muscle + Priest of Gix + Haunted Crossroads + Animar, Soul of Elements + Phantom Train

Rakdos, the Muscle

Priest of Gix

Haunted Crossroads

Animar, Soul of Elements

Phantom Train

How it works

1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Priest of Gix.
2. When Priest of Gix dies, Rakdos triggers.
3. Holding priority, activate Haunted Crossroads by paying , putting Priest of Gix from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
4. Resolve the Rakdos trigger, causing you to exile the top three cards of your library with the ability to play them until your next end step.
5. Resolve the Phantom Train ability from step 1.
6. Cast Priest of Gix from exile by paying at most 2.
7. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding .
8. Repeat.

This loop creates an engine of endless sacrifices and mana by cycling **Priest of Gix** back and forth between the battlefield and your library. While **Phantom Train** acts as the sacrifice outlet to fuel the process and grow itself with +1/+1 counters, **Haunted Crossroads** ensures the Priest is immediately recovered for re-casting. Thanks to **Animar, Soul of Elements**, the cost reductions from its growing counters make casting the Priest cheaper every cycle, turning its entrance mana into a net profit. Finally, **Rakdos, the Muscle** capitalizes on every single sacrifice by chewing through your opponent's library and exiling cards so you can play them with any color of mana.