Ashes of the Abhorrent + Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer + Sculpting Steel

Mana needed: {5}{W} plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable

W identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have gained at least 1 life this turn.
You have a way to gain any amount of life.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Sculpting Steel by paying {3}, causing it to enter the battlefield as a copy of Ratchet, Rescue Racer.
  2. Put Ratchet into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  3. Choose to return Ratchet to the command zone from your graveyard.
  4. Sculpting Steel triggers, failing to convert it.
  5. Cast Ratchet from the command zone as Ratchet, Field Medic by paying {2}{W} plus commander tax, if applicable.
  6. Gain any amount of life.
  7. Ratchet, Field Medic triggers, converting itself.
  8. Put Ratchet into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  9. Choose not to return Ratchet to the command zone from your graveyard.
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic and Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger.
  11. Resolve the Ratchet, Field Medic trigger, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  12. Resolve the Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
  13. Repeat from step 7.

What the combo produces