Cauldron Familiar + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Gourmand's Talent + Bartolomé del Presidio

Cauldron Familiar

Nuka-Cola Vending Machine

Gourmand's Talent

Bartolomé del Presidio

How it works

1. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing another artifact, which is a Food due to Gourmand's Talent.
2. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine triggers, creating a tapped Treasure token.
3. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
4. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
5. Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, putting a +1/+1 counter on Bartolomé del Presidio.
6. Repeat.

This clever loop transforms a humble cat and a soda machine into a relentless engine of drain and growth. Gourmand's Talent does the vital heavy lifting by turning all of your artifacts—including the Treasures produced by Nuka-Cola Vending Machine—into Foods, meaning you always have the fodder required to instantly bring back Cauldron Familiar from the graveyard. As the Familiar continually cycles back and forth, Bartolomé del Presidio steps in as the willing executioner to sacrifice it, steadily growing larger with every iteration while triggering life loss and lifegain on command.