Ashnod's Altar + Fate Transfer + Genestealer Patriarch + Resourceful Defense

Mana needed: {1}{U/B}

WUB identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

What must be in place

Genestealer Patriarch does not have summoning sickness.
You control at least two additional creatures.
An opponent controls a creature.

How to execute it

  1. Declare Genestealer Patriarch as an attacker.
  2. Genestealer Patriarch's first ability triggers, putting an infection counter on a creature an opponent controls.
  3. Cast Fate Transfer by paying {1}{U/B}, moving the infection counter from the opponent's creature onto another creature you control.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with an infection counter on it, adding {C}{C}.
  5. The creature dies, triggering Resourceful Defense and Genestealer Patriarch's second ability.
  6. Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting an infection counter onto another creature you control.
  7. Resolve the Genestealer Patriarch trigger, causing you to create a token copy of the sacrificed creature that is a Tyranid in addition to its other types.
  8. Repeat from step 4.

What the combo produces