Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + There and Back Again + Thornbite Staff

Mana needed: {1}{R}

R identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Orthion does not have summoning sickness.
Thornbite Staff attached to Orthion.
There and Back Again has exactly two lore counters on it.

How to execute it

  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
  2. There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
  3. Activate Orthion's first ability by paying {1}{R} and tapping it, creating a token copy of Smaug with haste.
  4. Put either Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  5. When the Smaug token dies, it and Orthion trigger.
  6. Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
  7. Resolve the Orthion trigger, untapping it.
  8. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{R}.
  9. Repeat from step 3.

What the combo produces