Vizier of Remedies + Glen Elendra Archmage + Phantom Train

Vizier of Remedies

Glen Elendra Archmage

Phantom Train

How it works

1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Glen Elendra Archmage.
2. When Glen Elendra Archmage dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Vizier of Remedies.
3. Resolve the Phantom Train ability
4. Repeat.

This clever loop turns Glen Elendra Archmage into an endlessly reusable counter-spell engine by exploiting the replacement effect of Vizier of Remedies, which prevents persist counters from ever sticking to her. Meanwhile, Phantom Train acts as the willing executioner, gladly consuming the Archmage as an artifact or creature to grow itself with infinite +1/+1 counters. Because the Archmage returns completely clean every time, you get an endless supply of death triggers, enters-the-battlefield effects, and sacrifices to fuel your strategy.