Ivy Lane Denizen + Umbral Collar Zealot

BG identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the creature with persist.
  2. The persist ability triggers, returning that creature to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
  3. Ivy Lane Denizen triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
  4. Resolve the ability from step 1.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces