Aftermath Analyst Loop - Zuran Orb in PLAY
8 mana / cycle (2 green)
The loop is infinite only if the lands you return make MORE than 8 mana when they come back (Amulet untaps them). If not, it's a one-time reset.
The cycle
- Sac all lands to Zuran Orb (free; gain 2 life each; lands -> GY).
- Activate Analyst: {4}, sac it -> all land cards return tapped; Amulet untaps them.
- Tap the returned lands for mana (your net gain).
- Shifting Woodland ({2}{G}{G}) copies Aftermath Analyst from GY.
- Repeat from step 1.
Aftermath Analyst Loop - Zuran Orb in the GRAVEYARD
12 mana / cycle (4 green)
Costs more because Shifting Woodland must be BOTH the sac outlet and the Analyst-maker. Infinite only if returned lands make MORE than 12 mana.
The cycle (hold-priority trick)
- Activate Shifting Woodland -> Aftermath Analyst (GY). HOLD PRIORITY.
- Activate Shifting Woodland again -> Zuran Orb (GY). (No tap, so this is legal.)
- Let the Zuran activation resolve first -> Woodland is a Zuran Orb. Sac all lands.
- Let the Analyst activation resolve -> Woodland becomes Analyst (latest timestamp wins).
- Activate it: {4}, sac -> all lands return (Woodland too - it's a land). Tap for mana.
- Repeat.
Shortcut: get Zuran Orb onto the battlefield and you drop to the 8/cycle plan and skip the double-Woodland.