Altar of Dementia + Cormela, Glamour Thief + Demonic Gifts + and 2 others

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have an amount of mana available equal to three minus the number of +1/+1 counters on Runaway Steam-Kin.
"Red" chosen with Painter's Servant.

How to execute it

  1. If Runaway Steam-Kin has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, activate Runaway Steam-Kin by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  2. Activate Cormela by paying {1} and tapping it, adding {U}{B}{R} that can only be spent to cast instant or sorcery spells.
  3. Cast Demonic Gifts by paying {1}{B}, targeting Cormela.
  4. Runaway Steam-Kin triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  5. Resolve Demonic Gifts.
  6. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Cormela.
  7. When Cormela dies, it triggers twice.
  8. Resolve the first trigger, returning Cormela from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Resolve the second trigger, returning Demonic Gifts from your graveyard to your hand.
  10. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Cormela's power.
  11. Repeat.

What the combo produces