Toph, the First Metalbender + Toph, Hardheaded Teacher + Zuran Orb + Selesnya Sanctuary

Toph, the First Metalbender

Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

Zuran Orb

Selesnya Sanctuary

How it works

1. Cast the artifact by paying 0.
2. Toph, Hardheaded Teacher triggers, earthbending Selesnya Sanctuary.
3. Resolve the artifact spell.
4. Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing Selesnya Sanctuary.
5. When Selesnya Sanctuary dies, Toph, Hardheaded Teach triggers, returning Selesnya Sanctuary from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
6. When Selesnya Sanctuary enters, it triggers, returning the artifact cast in step 1 from the battlefield to your hand, as it's a land due to Toph, the First Metalbender.
7. Resolve the Zuran Orb ability
8. Repeat.

This clever engine turns your mana base and artifact drops into a perpetual motion machine by leveraging Toph, the First Metalbender, which brilliantly reclassifies your nontoken artifacts as lands. With that foundation set, casting a free artifact triggers Toph, Hardheaded Teacher to animate Selesnya Sanctuary into a creature, allowing you to sacrifice it to Zuran Orb for a steady stream of life. Because Selesnya Sanctuary is a land, its death triggers Toph, Hardheaded Teacher's safety net to bring it right back to the battlefield, where its entry trigger then bounces your original artifact back to your hand thanks to Toph, the First Metalbender's land-type transformation.