Ashnod's Altar + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Virtuous Variant

WB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Virtuous Variant.
  2. When Virtuous Variant dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. When Virtuous Variant enters, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. Repeat.

What the combo produces