Chthonian Nightmare + Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo + Songs of the Damned

Mana needed: {B}

UB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have at least five creature cards in your graveyard.
You control a nontoken creature with mana value 1 or less.
You have at least {E}{E}

How to execute it

  1. Cast Songs of the Damned by paying {B}, adding {B} for each creature card in your graveyard.
  2. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  3. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  4. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 1 or less and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Donnie & April from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. When Donnie & April enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  8. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most {E}, sacrificing Donnie & April and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Repeat.

What the combo produces