Ashnod's Altar + Intruder Alarm + Lesser Masticore + Scholar of New Horizons

WU identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

What must be in place

Scholar of New Horizons does not have summoning sickness.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Lesser Masticore, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Lesser Masticore dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield, triggering Intruder Alarm, untapping all creatures.
  4. Activate Scholar of New Horizons by tapping it and removing the -1/-1 counter from Lesser Masticore, causing you to search your library for a Plains card and either put it onto the battlefield or put it into your hand.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces