Altered Ego + Rakdos Joins Up + Zur, Eternal Schemer

Mana needed: {1}{W}

WUBRG identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Zur by paying {1}{W}, causing Rakdos Joins Up to become a creature.
  2. Cast Altered Ego by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Rakdos Joins Up.
  3. Put Altered Ego into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  4. Altered Ego's first ability and second ability trigger, along with Rakdos Joins Up's second ability.
  5. Resolve Altered Ego's second trigger and Rakdos Joins Up's trigger, dealing damage to target opponent and causing you to gain that much life.
  6. Resolve Altered Ego's first trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it as a copy of Rakdos Joins Up.
  7. Repeat from step 3.

What the combo produces