Goldberry, River-Daughter + Intruder Alarm + Phyrexian Altar + and 2 others

U identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

Thornbite Staff attached to Goldberry.
Goldberry does not have summoning sickness.
Goldberry and Stormbound Geist do not have a +1/+1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Stormbound Geist, adding {U}.
  2. When Stormbound Geist dies, its undying ability and Goldberry trigger.
  3. Resolve the Stormbound Geist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. When Stormbound Geist enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  5. Holding priority, activate Goldberry's first ability by tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Stormbound Geist onto Goldberry.
  6. Resolve the Goldberry trigger from step 2, untapping it.
  7. Activate Goldberry's second ability by paying {U} and tapping it, moving the +1/+1 counter from Goldberry onto any permanent except Stormbound Geist, and causing you to draw a card.
  8. Repeat.

What the combo produces