Acererak the Archlich + Ayara, First of Locthwain + Bontu's Monument + and 2 others

B identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have not completed Tomb of Annihilation.
You have at least 3 life.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Acererak by paying 2 life.
  2. Bontu's Monument and Defiler of Faith trigger.
  3. Resolve the Bontu's Monument trigger, losing each opponent 1 life and gaining you 1 life.
  4. Resolve the Defiler of Faith trigger, giving a creature you control +1/+1 until end of turn.
  5. Acererak enters the battlefield, triggering Ayara and itself.
  6. Resolve the Ayara trigger, losing each opponent 1 life and gaining you 1 life.
  7. Resolve Acererak trigger, returning it to your hand and venturing into the Lost Mine of Phandelver.
  8. Each time you trigger the Dark Pool room ability, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
  9. Repeat.

What the combo produces