This clever loop turns Mikaeus, the Unhallowed into an engine for infinite mana and triggers by granting undying to other non-Human creatures. When you feed Heartmender into the Phyrexian Altar, its native persist ability brings it back with a -1/-1 counter, but Mikaeus immediately overrides this limitation on the next sacrifice by granting undying instead, returning it with a +1/+1 counter. Because these two opposing counters instantly annihilate each other through state-based actions, Heartmender is completely reset to zero counters every cycle. This interplay lets you endlessly sacrifice and recur the same creature for infinite colored mana, death triggers, and sacrifice triggers.