Apprentice Necromancer + Inalla, Archmage Ritualist + Mana Echoes + Phyrexian Altar

Mana needed: {1}{B}

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Cast Apprentice Necromancer by paying {1}{B}.
  2. Apprentice Necromancer enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes and Inalla.
  3. Resolve the Mana Echoes trigger, adding at least {C}{C}.
  4. Resolve the Inalla trigger, causing you to pay {1} to create a token copy of Apprentice Necromancer with haste.
  5. The token Apprentice Necromancer enters the battlefield, triggering Mana Echoes, adding at least {C}{C}{C}.
  6. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the nontoken Apprentice Necromancer, adding {B}.
  7. Activate the token Apprentice Necromancer by paying {B}, tapping and sacrificing it, returning the nontoken Apprentice Necromancer from your graveyard to the battlefield with haste.
  8. Repeat from step 2.

What the combo produces