Hardened Academic + Lesser Masticore + Thermopod

RW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

• Hardened Academic
• Lesser Masticore
• Thermopod

How to execute it

1. Activate Thermopod 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. Hardened Academic triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Lesser Masticore.
4. Repeat.

What the combo produces

• Infinite creature LTB
• Infinite death triggers
• Infinite ETB
• Infinite red mana
• Infinite sacrifice triggers