poster mtg cards the Ring tempts you Shadow of the Enemy (Borderless

This mana lasts until end of combat.) Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, each creature you control with a counter on it gains firebending 2 until end of turn

In 2016, creatures are way easier to deal with

Grixis Shadow (1 player): Grixis Shadow aims to win the game with Death's Shadow while using interactive spells like Thoughtseize and a painful mana base to control their own life total

It also supports your recursion theme being able to spend any energy gained to recur further dorks to win with

It comes back EOT

If both creatures survive the first damage step, then the creature with double strike will assign its damage again in the second damage step