Umbral Collar Zealot + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Cult Conscript + Pitiless Plunderer

Umbral Collar Zealot

Anax, Hardened in the Forge

Cult Conscript

Pitiless Plunderer

How it works

1. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Cult Conscript.
2. When Cult Conscript dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
3. Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
4. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the creature token.
5. When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
6. Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
7. Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 1.
8. Activate Cult Conscript by paying 1, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
9. Repeat.

This elegant loop leverages the passive sacrifice-reward engine of Pitiless Plunderer to turn Umbral Collar Zealot's free sacrifice outlet into a self-sustaining cycle. By feeding Cult Conscript and the Satyr tokens generated by Anax, Hardened in the Forge into the Zealot, Pitiless Plunderer continuously generates the Treasure tokens needed to pay for Cult Conscript's recurring activation cost. Anax ensures you always have extra fodder for the Zealot to keep the chain moving, while the Zealot itself filters your draws with surveil along the way.