Bartolomé del Presidio + Gravelgill Axeshark + Hardened Academic

WUBR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Gravelgill Axeshark.
  2. When Gravelgill Axeshark 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 Gravelgill Axeshark.
  4. Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces