Burakos, Party Leader + Haunted One + Merciless Executioner + and 2 others

Mana needed: {2}{B}

B identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

Burakos does not have a +1/+1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Merciless Executioner by paying {2}{B}.
  2. When Merciless Executioner enters the battlefield, it triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate Relic of Legends' second ability by tapping Burakos, adding {B}.
  4. Burakos triggers, giving it and all creatures you control that share a creature type with it +2/+0 and undying until end of turn.
  5. Resolve the Merciless Executioner trigger from step 2, causing you to sacrifice Burakos, and each opponent to sacrifice a creature.
  6. When Burakos dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  7. Activate Retribution of the Ancients by paying {B} and removing the +1/+1 counter from Burakos, giving Merciless Executioner -1/-1 until end of turn.
  8. Merciless Executioner dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter from it.
  9. Repeat steps 2 through 6 one additional time.
  10. Activate Retribution of the Ancients by paying {B} and removing the +1/+1 counter from Burakos and Merciless Executioner, giving Merciless Executioner -2/-2 until end of turn.
  11. Repeat from step 8.

What the combo produces