Altar of Dementia + Hardened Academic + Lesser Masticore

RW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Altar of Dementia 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. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces