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Enduring Renewal + Crystalline Crawler + Sunbond + Kokusho, the Evening Star + Ashnod's Altar

W manaB mana
Enduring Renewal
Enduring Renewal
Crystalline Crawler
Crystalline Crawler
Sunbond
Sunbond
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Ashnod's Altar
Ashnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colored manaInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifelossInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm count

How it works

  1. Cast Kokusho by paying 4B manaB mana.
  2. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kokusho, adding CC.
  3. When Kokusho dies, it and Enduring Renewal trigger.
  4. Resolve the Enduring Renewal trigger, returning Kokusho from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Kokusho trigger, causing each opponent to lose 5 life and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
  6. Crystalline Crawler triggers, putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the life you gained.
  7. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability four times by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding 2B manaB mana.
  8. Repeat.

This loop orchestrates a devastating drain-and-gain engine by weaponizing Kokusho, the Evening Star's demise alongside the creature-salvaging power of Enduring Renewal. Ashnod's Altar provides the initial sacrifice outlet to send the Dragon to the graveyard, while Sunbond watches your back by converting the resulting life gain into a mountain of +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler. Those accumulated counters are then cashed in using Crystalline Crawler's mana ability to fund Kokusho's re-casting, allowing you to repeat the cycle indefinitely until every opponent has fallen.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
1 decks$43.25