Prerequisites
- Umbral Collar Zealot on the battlefield
- Hardened Academic on the battlefield
- Obstinate Gargoyle on the battlefield
Steps
- Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Obstinate Gargoyle
- When Obstinate Gargoyle dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it
- Hardened Academic triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Obstinate Gargoyle
- Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability
- Repeat
Results
Required Cards 3

Umbral Collar Zealot
Creature — Human Cleric

Hardened Academic
Creature — Bird Cleric

Obstinate Gargoyle
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle