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

  1. 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.
  2. When Scholar of the Ages enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Afterlife from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four of the creatures returned in step 1, including Scholar of the Ages, adding {4}
  4. When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers four times, creating four Treasure tokens.
  5. Activate the four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}{B}{B}.
  6. Repeat.

What the combo produces