Clever Impersonator + Rakdos Joins Up

Mana needed: {2}{U}{U}

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Rakdos Joins Up.
  2. Put Clever Impersonator into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  3. Clever Impersonator's first ability and second ability trigger, along with Rakdos Joins Up's second ability.
  4. Resolve Clever Impersonator's second trigger and Rakdos Joins Up's trigger, dealing damage to target opponent and causing you to gain that much life.
  5. Resolve Clever Impersonator'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.
  6. Repeat from step 2.

What the combo produces