Arcane Adaptation + Crystalline Crawler + Green Goblin, Nemesis + Tortured Existence

Mana needed: {B}

UBR identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

What must be in place

You have a creature card in hand and a creature card in your graveyard.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card.
  2. Green Goblin's first ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler.
  3. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {B}.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces