Blight Mound + Phyrexian Altar + The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Mana needed: {B}{R}

BR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

There have been a number of permanents sacrificed this turn equal to five plus The Balrog's commander tax.

How to execute it

  1. Cast The Balrog from the command zone by paying {B}{R}.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing The Balrog, adding {B}.
  3. Choose to return The Balrog to the command zone from your graveyard.
  4. When The Balrog dies, it and Blight Mound trigger.
  5. Resolve the Balrog trigger, destroying any artifact and/or creature an opponent controls.
  6. Resolve the Blight Mound trigger, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
  7. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pest, adding {R}.
  8. When the Pest dies, it triggers, causing you to gain one life.
  9. Repeat.

What the combo produces