Ashnod's Altar + Fain, the Broker + Puppeteer Clique

B identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Puppeteer Clique does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.
Fain does not have summoning sickness.
An opponent has at least one creature card in their graveyard.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Puppeteer Clique dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Puppeteer Clique enters the battlefield, putting any creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  4. Activate Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing the -1/-1 counter from Puppeteer Clique, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  6. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature your opponent owns, adding {C}{C}.
  7. Activate Fain's fourth ability by paying {3}{B}, untapping it.
  8. Repeat.

What the combo produces