Dualcaster Mage + Persist + Phantom Train

Mana needed: {2}{B}{R}{R}

BR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have a nonlegendary creature card in your graveyard.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Persist by paying its mana cost, targeting any applicable target.
  2. Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
  3. When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Persist.
  4. Holding priority, activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
  5. Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Persist, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage
  6. Resolve the Persist copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Repeat from step 3.

What the combo produces