Ayara, First of Locthwain + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

B identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Your life total is at least 2.
You control at least one additional nontoken non-Human creature with toughness two or greater.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing Ayara, targeting any other nontoken non-Human creature you control.
  2. Ayara dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Ayara enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  4. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability from step 1, putting a -1/-1 counter on the additional creature and causing you to draw a card.
  5. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the additional creature, targeting Ayara.
  6. The creature dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  7. If the creature was black, it enters the battlefield, triggering Ayara, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  8. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on Ayara and causing you to draw a card.
  9. Repeat.

What the combo produces