Ashnod's Altar + Mortician Beetle + Safehold Elite + Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Mana needed: {1}

WBG identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

How to execute it

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Safehold Elite, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Safehold Elite's persist ability and Mortician Beetle trigger.
  3. Resolve the Safehold Elite trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 and a vigilance counter.
  4. Resolve the Mortician Beetle trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
  5. Activate Tayam by paying {3}, removing a +1/+1 counter from Mortician Beetle and removing both counters from Safehold Elite.
  6. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Safehold Elite, adding {C}{C}.
  7. Safehold Elite's persist ability and Mortician Beetle trigger.
  8. Resolve the Safehold Elite trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 and a vigilance counter.
  9. Resolve the Mortician Beetle trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
  10. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Safehold Elite, adding {C}{C}.
  11. Mortician Beetle triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
  12. Resolve the Tayam ability from step 5, causing yourself to mill three cards and return Safehold Elite from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  13. Repeat.

What the combo produces