Carnival of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Gnarled Scarhide + and 2 others

Mana needed: {B}

BGU identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

Your life total is at least four.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Hateful Eidolon by paying {B}.
  2. Tatsunari triggers, creating a 3/3 Keimi legendary creature token.
  3. Keimi enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio and Carnival of Souls.
  4. Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning nothing from the battlefield to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Carnival of Souls trigger, causing you to lose 1 life and add {B}.
  6. Hateful Eidolon enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio and Carnival of Souls.
  7. Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Gnarled Scarhide from the battlefield to your hand.
  8. Resolve the Carnival of Souls trigger, causing you to lose 1 life and add {B}.
  9. Cast Gnarled Scarhide by paying {B}.
  10. Keimi triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  11. Gnarled Scarhide enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio and Carnival of Souls.
  12. Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Hateful Eidolon from the battlefield to your hand.
  13. Resolve the Carnival of Souls trigger, causing you to lose 1 life and add {B}.
  14. Cast Hateful Eidolon by paying {B}.
  15. Keimi triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  16. Repeat from step 6.

What the combo produces