Afterlife from the Loam + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Scholar of the Ages
UB identity
Commander legal
The 4 combo pieces
What must be in place
You have at least three opponents that each have a creature card that will enter the battlefield with greater than 0 toughness in their graveyard.
How to execute it
- Cast Afterlife from the Loam by paying at most {5}{B}{B}{B}, returning Scholar of the Ages and at least three other creatures from graveyards to the battlefield under your control.
- When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Afterlife from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four of the creatures returned in step 1, including Scholar of the Ages, adding {4}
- When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers four times, creating four Treasure tokens.
- Activate the four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}{B}{B}.
- Repeat.
What the combo produces
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite ETB
- Infinite magecraft triggers
- Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard
- Infinite sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand