Carrion Feeder + Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer

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Overview

You can sacrifice Gravecrawler to Carrion Feeder to put a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder; Pitiless Plunderer will trigger and create a Treasure when Gravecrawler dies [2018-01-19]. Once Gravecrawler is in your graveyard (your discard pile) [404.1], you may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie (for example, the Carrion Feeder) [2011-01-22]. You can use the Treasure(s) created by Pitiless Plunderer to help pay Gravecrawler’s casting cost and repeat the sequence, generating additional Treasures each time.

The StackRules & CitationsDetails & Edge Cases

Step 1

Activate Carrion Feeder’s activated ability and pay its cost by sacrificing Gravecrawler. Sacrificing Gravecrawler as the cost causes it to be put into your graveyard [404.1].

Step 2

The event of another creature you control (Gravecrawler) dying causes Pitiless Plunderer’s triggered ability(s) to be created; those triggers will go on the stack and, when they resolve, each will create a Treasure token [2018-01-19].

Step 3

With Gravecrawler now in your graveyard (your discard pile) [404.1], you may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard because you control a Zombie (for example, Carrion Feeder) [2011-01-22].

Step 4

Pay Gravecrawler’s casting cost () using any available mana. A Treasure created by Pitiless Plunderer can be used (by tapping and sacrificing it) to produce that mana, if you have one.

Step 5

When Gravecrawler resolves and is back on the battlefield it’s again a valid sacrifice for Carrion Feeder’s ability, so you can repeat the sequence to create another Treasure and put another +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.

Resolution

Activate Carrion Feeder’s sacrifice ability, sacrificing Gravecrawler as the cost; Gravecrawler is put into your graveyard [404.1], and Pitiless Plunderer’s triggered ability(s) are generated for that death [2018-01-19]. Those triggered abilities create Treasure tokens when they resolve. Because Carrion Feeder is a Zombie, you may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard for its cost while it’s in the graveyard [2011-01-22]. Using the Treasure(s) to pay Gravecrawler’s and recasting it returns you to the same board state (plus any Treasures and Carrion Feeder counters you’ve accumulated) and allows you to repeat the process.