Vizier of Remedies + Thermopod + Obstinate Gargoyle

Vizier of Remedies

Thermopod

Obstinate Gargoyle

How it works

1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Obstinate Gargoyle.
2. When Obstinate Gargoyle 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 loop turns an ordinary undead gargoyle into an endless engine of sacrifice by exploiting a clever rules interaction. When you feed Obstinate Gargoyle to Thermopod for red mana, its persist ability triggers, but the replacement effect from Vizier of Remedies steps in to reduce the incoming -1/-1 counter to zero. Because the Gargoyle returns to the battlefield completely clean of counters, its persist ability can trigger all over again the next time it dies, letting you repeat the process to generate infinite red mana alongside endless entry, exit, and death triggers.