Crystalline Crawler + Enduring Renewal + Kokusho, the Evening Star + and 2 others

Mana needed: {4}{B}{B}

WB identity

Commander legal

The 5 combo pieces

What must be in place

Sunbond attached to Crystalline Crawler.

How to execute it

  1. Cast Kokusho by paying {4}{B}{B}.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kokusho, adding {B}.
  3. When Kokusho dies, it and Enduring Renewal trigger.
  4. Resolve the Enduring Renewal trigger, returning Kokusho from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Kokusho trigger, causing each opponent to lose 5 life and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
  6. Crystalline Crawler triggers, putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the life you gained.
  7. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability five times by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding {4}{B}.
  8. Repeat.

What the combo produces