Gravelgill Axeshark + Hardened Academic + Phantom Train

WUBR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

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

What the combo produces