Burnt Offering + Saw in Half + Scholar of the Ages

Mana needed: {2}{B}{B}

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Cast Saw in Half by paying {2}{B}, destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
  2. When the Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Saw in Half and Burnt Offering from your graveyard to your hand along with up to two other instants and/or sorceries.
  3. Cast Burnt Offering by paying {B} and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding {B}{B} plus an additional amount of {B} and/or {R} equal to its mana value minus 2.
  4. Repeat.

What the combo produces