Hardened Academic + Obstinate Gargoyle + Thermopod

RWB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

• Hardened Academic
• Obstinate Gargoyle
• Thermopod

How to execute it

1. Activate Thermopod by sacrificing Obstinate Gargoyle.
2. When Obstinate Gargoyle dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3. Hardened Academic triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Obstinate Gargoyle.
4. Repeat.

What the combo produces

• Infinite creature LTB
• Infinite death triggers
• Infinite ETB
• Infinite red mana
• Infinite sacrifice triggers