Safehold Elite + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Thran Vigil

WBG identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Safehold Elite.
  2. When Safehold Elite dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Safehold Elite.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces