Escape Protocol + Fluctuator + Bone Miser + Cartographer + Sheltered Thicket

Escape Protocol

Fluctuator

Bone Miser

Cartographer

Sheltered Thicket

How it works

1. Activate Sheltered Thicket's cycling ability by paying 0 and discarding it.
2. Bone Miser and Escape Protocol trigger.
3. Resolve the Bone Miser trigger, adding .
4. Resolve the Escape Protocol trigger, causing you to pay 1 to blink Cartographer.
5. Cartographer enters the battlefield, returning Sheltered Thicket from your graveyard to your hand.
6. Repeat any number of times.
7. Resolve all Sheltered Thicket abilities, drawing a card each time.

This engine transforms the humble cycling cost of Sheltered Thicket into an absolute powerhouse by leaning entirely on cost reduction and clever triggers. With Fluctuator reducing the land's cycling cost to zero, discarding it costs nothing while instantly feeding Bone Miser with the discarded land to generate a steady stream of black mana. At the same time, Escape Protocol uses that newly generated mana to continuously exile and blink Cartographer, ensuring Sheltered Thicket is promptly retrieved from the graveyard and returned to your hand for another round.