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Su-Chi Cave Guard + Enduring Renewal + Phyrexian Altar

W mana
Su-Chi Cave Guard
Su-Chi Cave Guard
Enduring Renewal
Enduring Renewal
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm count

How it works

  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Su-Chi Cave Guard, adding one mana of any color.
  2. When Su-Chi Cave Guard dies, it and Enduring Renewal trigger.
  3. Resolve the Su-Chi Cave Guard trigger, adding eight C.
  4. Resolve the Enduring Renewal trigger, returning Su-Chi Cave Guard from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Cast Su-Chi Cave Guard by paying 8.
  6. Repeat.

This clever loop turns Su-Chi Cave Guard's massive death payout into a self-sustaining engine, utilizing Phyrexian Altar to convert that sacrifice directly into the colored mana needed to recast it. Enduring Renewal plays a vital passive role here by watching the battlefield: whenever the Cave Guard hits your graveyard, its enchantment ability immediately intercepts it and bounces the giant automaton right back to your hand. By channeling the eight colorless mana produced by the dying Su-Chi Cave Guard, you easily cover its casting cost while netting surplus colored mana with every iteration through the Altar.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
4 decks$57.41