Vizier of Remedies + Thermopod + Lingering Tormentor

Vizier of Remedies

Thermopod

Lingering Tormentor

How it works

1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Lingering Tormentor.
2. When Lingering Tormentor 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. Repeat.

This engine is a masterclass in turning a card's drawback into an infinite resource loop, fueled by Vizier of Remedies and its uncanny knack for dampening the sting of -1/-1 counters. Because Vizier of Remedies intercepts the counter that would normally cripple Lingering Tormentor's persist ability, Lingering Tormentor can return to the battlefield fresh and ready to die over and over again without ever accumulating the baggage that normally stops persist dead in its tracks. Meanwhile, Thermopod sits quietly in play waiting to convert each of those endless sacrificial offerings into a steady stream of red mana and haste.