AI DraftFeb 26, 2026
Aftermath Analyst + Shifting Woodland + Tireless Provisioner + Zuran Orb
Overview
Aftermath Analyst’s ETB mill can help reach delirium so Shifting Woodland’s Delirium activation becomes available. If you pay Aftermath Analyst’s activated ability cost and sacrifice it to return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, each land that enters then triggers Tireless Provisioner’s Landfall ability and can produce a Food or Treasure token. Shifting Woodland (when it enters) will enter tapped unless you control a Forest ; if you later activate its Delirium ability it becomes a copy of the chosen permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn (and any effects that already applied to it will continue to apply) per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07]. Zuran Orb’s activated ability (sacrifice a land: you gain 2 life) is a normal activated ability, not a mana ability, and can be used to sacrifice lands that entered via Analyst’s ability to gain life .
Step 1
Cast or otherwise have Aftermath Analyst enter the battlefield; its triggered ability resolves and you mill three cards from the top of your library (this can help you reach Delirium by increasing card-type variety in your graveyard).
Step 2
If you choose to, pay 
and activate Aftermath Analyst’s activated ability; as part of the activation you sacrifice Aftermath Analyst (sacrificing is paid as part of the cost).
and activate Aftermath Analyst’s activated ability; as part of the activation you sacrifice Aftermath Analyst (sacrificing is paid as part of the cost).Step 3
After the cost is paid and the ability resolves, its effect returns all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Replacement effects that modify how those lands enter (for example, Shifting Woodland’s “enters tapped unless you control a Forest”) are applied as they enter .
Step 4
Each land that enters the battlefield under your control this way causes Tireless Provisioner’s Landfall triggered ability to trigger; there will be one trigger per land that entered and those triggers are handled following the normal triggered-ability procedure .
Step 5
Each Tireless Provisioner trigger resolves (one at a time as they go on the stack) and you create a Food token or a Treasure token for each resolved trigger as you choose; remember you cannot sacrifice a Food token to pay multiple separate costs simultaneously, per the ruling [Ruling 2024-11-08].
Step 6
Shifting Woodland that entered this way will have entered tapped unless you controlled a Forest at that moment (its enter-the-battlefield replacement condition) . If you later activate Shifting Woodland’s Delirium ability (legal only if, at activation time, there are four or more card types in your graveyard), it becomes a copy of the target permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn; any effects that had been applied to it prior to becoming the copy remain applied afterwards per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07].
Step 7
Any lands that entered can be sacrificed to Zuran Orb by activating Zuran Orb’s ability (sacrificing a land is part of that ability’s cost); when the ability resolves you gain 2 life for each activation. Zuran Orb’s sacrifice ability is a normal activated ability, not a mana ability, so it uses normal activation rules rather than the special rules for mana abilities .
Resolution
Sequence and results: Aftermath Analyst’s ETB mills three cards. If that gives you four or more card types in your graveyard, Shifting Woodland’s Delirium activation (once it’s on the battlefield) will be legal to activate; however the Delirium activation is an activated ability you must pay and it targets a card in the graveyard (it’s not automatic). When you activate Aftermath Analyst’s , Sacrifice this creature ability, you pay costs (including sacrificing the Analyst) and that activated ability resolves and returns all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Each of those lands entering the battlefield causes Tireless Provisioner’s Landfall triggered ability(s) to trigger (one trigger per land entering) and each trigger will create either a Food or a Treasure token as you choose. Shifting Woodland that enters this way will enter tapped unless you control a Forest (its enter-the-battlefield replacement effect) and, if you later activate its Delirium ability (legal only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard at activation time), it becomes a copy of the targeted permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn; any effects or counters already on Shifting Woodland that applied before it became a copy continue to apply afterwards per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07]. Lands that entered can then be sacrificed to Zuran Orb to gain 2 life per sacrifice; Zuran Orb’s ability is an activated ability that sacrifices a land as part of its cost and gives you 2 life on resolution (it is not a mana ability) .
, Sacrifice this creature ability, you pay costs (including sacrificing the Analyst) and that activated ability resolves and returns all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Each of those lands entering the battlefield causes Tireless Provisioner’s Landfall triggered ability(s) to trigger (one trigger per land entering) and each trigger will create either a Food or a Treasure token as you choose. Shifting Woodland that enters this way will enter tapped unless you control a Forest (its enter-the-battlefield replacement effect) and, if you later activate its Delirium ability (legal only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard at activation time), it becomes a copy of the targeted permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn; any effects or counters already on Shifting Woodland that applied before it became a copy continue to apply afterwards per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07]. Lands that entered can then be sacrificed to Zuran Orb to gain 2 life per sacrifice; Zuran Orb’s ability is an activated ability that sacrifices a land as part of its cost and gives you 2 life on resolution (it is not a mana ability) .Feedback