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Enduring Vitality + Zur, Eternal Schemer + Maelstrom Wanderer + Phyrexian Altar

W manaU manaB manaR manaG mana
Enduring Vitality
Enduring Vitality
Zur, Eternal Schemer
Zur, Eternal Schemer
Maelstrom Wanderer
Maelstrom Wanderer
Phyrexian Altar
Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers

How it works

  1. If Enduring Vitality is not a creature, activate Zur by paying 1W mana, causing Enduring Vitality to become a creature.
  2. Activate Enduring Vitality by tapping it, adding W mana.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Enduring Vitality, adding 1.
  4. When Enduring Vitality dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield as an enchantment.
  5. Repeat.

This clever loop turns your own enchantments into a self-sustaining engine by letting Zur, Eternal Schemer animate Enduring Vitality into a creature on demand. Once it's alive, Enduring Vitality's granted mana ability lets it tap for a color, right before Phyrexian Altar immediately sacrifices it to feed the cycle and generate more mana. Because Enduring Vitality's own death trigger brings it straight back to the battlefield as an enchantment rather than a creature, Zur can animate it all over again to repeat the process indefinitely. Meanwhile, Maelstrom Wanderer ensures your whole board stays aggressive by granting everything haste as you build up an endless stream of sacrifice and death triggers.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
0 decks$74.84