Rakdos, the Muscle + Priest of Gix + Haunted Crossroads + Animar, Soul of Elements + Umbral Collar Zealot

Rakdos, the Muscle

Priest of Gix

Haunted Crossroads

Animar, Soul of Elements

Umbral Collar Zealot

How it works

1. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot 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 Umbral Collar Zealot 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 intricate loop revolves around recurring Priest of Gix to continuously generate black mana while fueling a massive engine on your board. With Animar, Soul of Elements reducing creature spell costs through accumulated +1/+1 counters, casting the Priest becomes practically free. By leveraging Umbral Collar Zealot to sacrifice the Priest and Haunted Crossroads to return it right to the top of your library—where Rakdos, the Muscle exiles it upon sacrifice to let you play it again—you create a self-sustaining cycle. This lets you cycle the Priest infinitely, yielding an enormous storm count, endless death triggers, and access to your entire library.