Hardened Academic + Obstinate Gargoyle + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

RWB identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Shilgengar 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. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces