Ashnod's Altar + Dockside Extortionist + Twilight Shepherd

Mana needed: {R}{R/W}

RW identity

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Opponents control at least three artifacts and/or enchantments.
Twilight Shepherd does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Twilight Shepherd, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Twilight Shepherd dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Twilight Shepherd enters the battlefield, triggering its ability.
  4. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Twilight Shepherd and Dockside Extortionist, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
  5. Resolve the Twilight Shepherd trigger, returning to your hand all cards that were put into your graveyard this turn.
  6. Cast Dockside Extortionist by paying {1}{R}.
  7. Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
  8. Activate the three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {R/W}{W}{W}.
  9. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dockside Extortionist, adding {C}{C}.
  10. Cast Twilight Shepherd by paying {3}{W}{W}{W}.
  11. Twilight Shepherd enters the battlefield, returning to your hand all cards that were put into your graveyard this turn.
  12. Cast Dockside Extortionist by paying {1}{R}.
  13. Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
  14. Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {R}{R}.
  15. Repeat.

What the combo produces