Lesser Masticore + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Thran Vigil

WB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Lesser Masticore.
  2. When Lesser Masticore dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Lesser Masticore.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces