Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Glen Elendra Archmage

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Glen Elendra Archmage

How it works

1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Glen Elendra Archmage.
2. When Glen Elendra Archmage dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
4. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Glen Elendra Archmage.
5. When Glen Elendra Archmage dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
6. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
7. Repeat.

By harnessing the overlapping resurrection mechanics of Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Glen Elendra Archmage alongside Shilgengar, Sire of Famine, this loop creates an endless cycle of sacrifice and return. Shilgengar, Sire of Famine serves as the engine, turning your sacrifices into a steady stream of Blood tokens while the other two cards endlessly counter-balance their own counters. Because Mikaeus grants undying to non-Humans and Glen Elendra Archmage naturally possesses persist, their +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters continuously cancel each other out upon death, allowing the Archmage to bounce back and forth indefinitely.