Hardened Academic + Phantom Train + Wingrattle Scarecrow

RWB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Phantom Train 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 Phantom Train ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces