Glen Elendra Archmage + Hardened Academic + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

WUBR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Glen Elendra Archmage.
  2. When Glen Elendra Archmage 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 Glen Elendra Archmage.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces