Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds + There and Back Again + Crab Umbra

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

There and Back Again

Crab Umbra

How it works

1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
2. There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
3. Activate Ghired by tapping it, creating a copy of the Smaug token.
4. Put either Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
5. When the Smaug token dies, it triggers, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
6. Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 2.
7. Activate Crab Umbra by paying 2, untapping Ghired.
8. Repeat from step 3.

This loop begins with the final chapter of There and Back Again, which gifts you the mighty Smaug token to anchor your strategy. With Smaug on the board, Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds leverages its granted haste to immediately tap and copy that fresh token. Because the legend rule forces you to sacrifice one of the dragons, Smaug's death triggers, showering you with fourteen Treasure tokens. You can then crack just three of those Treasures to pay for Crab Umbra's untap ability, freeing Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds to repeat the process and generate an unstoppable cascade of infinite dragons and treasure.