Samwise the Stouthearted + Dual Nature + Phyrexian Altar

Samwise the Stouthearted

Dual Nature

Phyrexian Altar

How it works

1. Cast Samwise the Stouthearted by paying 1.
2. When Samwise the Stouthearted enters the battlefield, it and Dual Nature's first ability trigger.
3. Resolve the Samwise the Stouthearted trigger, returning nothing to your hand from your graveyard, and causing the Ring to tempt you.
4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Samwise, adding 1.
5. Dual Nature's second ability triggers, exiling all Samwise the Stouthearted tokens on the battlefield.
6. Resolve the Dual Nature trigger from step 2, creating a token copy of Samwise the Stouthearted.
7. When the Samwise the Stouthearted token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Samwise the Stouthearted to your hand from your graveyard, and causing the Ring to tempt you.
8. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Samwise the Stouthearted token, adding .
9. Repeat.

This clever loop turns the classic sacrifice engine into a self-sustaining recycling machine by exploiting how copies and the graveyard interact. With Dual Nature blanketing the battlefield in its duplication aura, every entry and exit creates a fascinating dance of tokens. You cast Samwise the Stouthearted to kick off the chain, using Phyrexian Altar to sacrifice the resulting token for mana while its own entrance trigger conveniently plucks the original nontoken Samwise the Stouthearted right back out of your graveyard and into your hand.