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The Watcher in the Water + Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero + Heart of Kiran + Viscera Seer + Xenograft

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The Watcher in the Water
The Watcher in the Water
Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero
Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero
Heart of Kiran
Heart of Kiran
Viscera Seer
Viscera Seer
Xenograft
Xenograft
Infinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite draw triggers

How it works

  1. During an opponent's turn, activate Heart of Kiran by tapping Wylie Duke.
  2. Wylie Duke triggers, causing you to draw a card and gain 1 life.
  3. The Watcher's first ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
  4. Resolve the Heart of Kiran ability, causing it to become a creature until end of turn.
  5. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Tentacle.
  6. When the Tentacle dies, The Watcher's second ability triggers, untapping Wylie Duke and putting a stun counter on up to one permanent.
  7. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability
  8. Repeat.

This intricate loop transforms a simple crew cost into a self-sustaining engine by uniting Xenograft—with Kraken chosen as its type—and The Watcher in the Water to turn your draws into an endless cycle of sacrifice and untapping. As you tap Wylie Duke, Atiin Hero to crew Heart of Kiran, Wylie Duke's own trigger draws you a card during your opponent's turn, which immediately prompts The Watcher in the Water to spawn a 1/1 Tentacle token. Because Xenograft makes that Tentacle a Kraken, sending it to the graveyard via Viscera Seer triggers The Watcher in the Water's second ability to untap Wylie Duke, readying the entire sequence to repeat for infinite draws, life gain, and scries.

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