Aerie Ouphes + Surrak and Goreclaw

G identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

What must be in place

A player controls a creature with flying.
Aerie Ouphes does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Aerie Ouphes by sacrificing it, targeting a creature with flying.
  2. When Aerie Ouphes dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. When Aerie Ouphes enters the battlefield, Surrak and Goreclaw triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Aerie Ouphes and giving it haste until end of turn.
  4. Repeat.

What the combo produces