Ashnod's Altar + Callous Bloodmage + Nim Deathmantle

Mana needed: {2}

B identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Callous Bloodmage, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Callous Bloodmage dies, triggering Nim Deathmantle, causing you to pay {4} to return Callous Bloodmage from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
  3. Callous Bloodmage enters the battlefield, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding {C}{C}.
  5. When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain one life.
  6. Repeat.

What the combo produces