Phantom Train + Surrak and Goreclaw

BG identity

Commander legal

The 2 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing the persist creature.
  2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. When the persist creature enters, Surrak and Goreclaw triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
  4. Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
  5. Repeat

What the combo produces