Hardened Academic + Phantom Train + Safehold Elite

BRGW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

• Hardened Academic
• Phantom Train
• Safehold Elite

How to execute it

1. Activate Phantom Train 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. Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
5. Repeat.

What the combo produces

• Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
• Infinite creature LTB
• Infinite death triggers
• Infinite ETB
• Infinite sacrifice triggers