Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore + Yotian Dissident

GW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Lesser Masticore does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Lesser Masticore.
  2. Lesser Masticore dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield, triggering Yotian Dissident, putting a +1/+1 counter on Lesser Masticore.
  4. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to Lesser Masticore's power.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces