Woe Strider + Cathars' Crusade

Woe Strider

Cathars' Crusade

How it works

1. Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the persist creature.
2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. When the persist creature enters, Cathars' Crusade triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
4. Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
5. Repeat

This clever loop uses Woe Strider as a reliable sacrifice outlet that also lets you manipulate your library with its scry ability whenever you feed it a creature. The real magic happens because Cathars' Crusade watches every creature enter the battlefield, stacking a permanent +1/+1 counter on your entire team each time. By repeatedly sacrificing a creature that returns via persist, these two enchantments and creatures feed into each other to grow your board infinitely while triggering endless entry, exit, and death events.