Cryptolith Rite + Obscuring Aether + Phyrexian Altar + Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Mana needed: {1}{G}

RG identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Obscuring Aether by paying {1}{G}, turning it face-down as a 2/2 creature.
  2. Activate Obscuring Aether by tapping it, adding {G}.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Obscuring Aether, adding {1}.
  4. When Obscuring Aether dies, Yarus' second ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down, then turning it face-up.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces