Open the Graves + 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 Open the Graves trigger.
  5. Resolve the Balrog trigger, destroying any artifact and/or creature an opponent controls.
  6. Resolve the Open the Graves trigger, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  7. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Zombie, adding {R}.
  8. Repeat.

What the combo produces