Cavalier of Night + Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress + Priest of Gix + Woe Strider

Cavalier of Night

Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress

Priest of Gix

Woe Strider

How it works

1. Activate Dinosaur Headdress' equip ability by paying 2, attaching it to Priest of Gix and causing Priest of Gix to become a copy of Cavalier of Night.
2. Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Priest of Gix.
3. When Priest of Gix dies, its second ability triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding .
5. Resolve the Woe Strider ability, causing you to scry 1.
6. Repeat.

This elegant loop transforms Priest of Gix into a persistent engine by leveraging the copy effect granted by Dinosaur Headdress—the back face of Paleontologist's Pick-Axe—which cleverly copies the sacrificed Cavalier of Night. Because the cloned Priest of Gix retains its original entering ability while adopting the Cavalier's traits, its death triggers its own return from the graveyard to the battlefield. Woe Strider facilitates the sacrifice loop while providing a handy sink for your repeated actions, all fueled by the generous black mana yielded each time the Priest re-enters.