Hardened Academic + Safehold Elite + Thermopod

RGW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

• Hardened Academic
• Safehold Elite
• Thermopod

How to execute it

1. Activate Thermopod 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. Hardened Academic triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Safehold Elite.
4. Repeat.

What the combo produces

• Infinite creature LTB
• Infinite death triggers
• Infinite ETB
• Infinite red mana
• Infinite sacrifice triggers