Lingering Tormentor + Phyrexian Altar + Quillspike

BG identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

Lingering Tormentor does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Lingering Tormentor, adding {B/G}.
  2. When Lingering Tormentor dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Activate Quillspike by paying {B/G} and removing the -1/-1 counter from Lingering Tormentor, giving Quillspike +3/+3 until end of turn.
  4. Repeat.

What the combo produces