Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward | Fiend Hunter | Faceless Butcher

Cards

All permanents in hand or on the battlefield or in exile (Exiled by the creature on the battlefield).

Faceless Butcher must be exiled by
Fiend Hunter, and
Abdel Adrian must begin in hand.
(This starting order is not fixed, and their initial positions may be interchanged as necessary.).

Cast
Abdel Adrian for its mana cost.
When
Abdel Adrian enters, it exiles
Fiend Hunter until
Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield. Resolve any additional effects of
Abdel Adrian's ETB.
When
Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield,
Faceless Butcher is returned from exile to the battlefield.
When
Faceless Butcher enters, it exiles
Abdel Adrian until
Faceless Butcher leaves the battlefield. Resolve any additional effects of
Faceless Butcher's ETB.
When
Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield,
Fiend Hunter is returned from exile to the battlefield.
When
Fiend Hunter enters, it exiles
Faceless Butcher until
Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield. Resolve any additional effects of
Fiend Hunter's ETB.
When
Faceless Butcher leaves the battlefield,
Abdel Adrian is returned from exile to the battlefield.
Repeat from step 2.

Due to differences in card templating between the various banisher effects (linked triggered abilities vs "until" clause), steps 3, 5, and 7 may return the creature to the battlefield during the resolution of the preceding step rather than creating a separate event. This should not affect the overall execution of the combo, only how many objects pass through the stack (and thus rounds of priority available per loop).

Bracket tag

SpicyBracket 3-4+

Probably 3 or 4, but hard to classify

Bracket tags are estimated from the cards and results of each combo, as a guideline rather than a strict classification.

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Variants

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