Altar of Dementia + Hardened Academic + Wingrattle Scarecrow

RW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Wingrattle Scarecrow.
  2. When Wingrattle Scarecrow dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Hardened Academic triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Wingrattle Scarecrow.
  4. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces