Hardened Academic + Scuzzback Marauders + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

BRGW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Scuzzback Marauders.
  2. When Scuzzback Marauders 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 Scuzzback Marauders.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces