Combos with Ashnod's Altar

15 known combos in Commander — View Ashnod's Altar

Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  5. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature.
  2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers if it didn't have a -1/-1 counter on it, and its undying ability triggers if it didn't have a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Resolve the persist trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. Resolve the undying trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  5. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Gravecrawler dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}.
  5. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When the persist or undying creature dies, its persist or undying ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
  3. Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, choosing not to pay.
  4. Resolve the creature's trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 or -1/-1 counter on it.
  5. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
  6. When the persist or undying creature dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay {4} to return the persist or undying creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When the creature dies, its persist or undying ability triggers if it doesn't have a -1/-1 counter or +1/+1 counter on it respectively, and Luminous Broodmoth triggers if the creature didn't have flying.
  3. Resolve the persist or undying trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with either a -1/-1 counter or a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. Resolve the Luminous Broodmoth trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a flying counter on it if the creature is still in your graveyard.
  5. Repeat.
26,444 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler.
  2. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {0}.
  3. Repeat.
16,843 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Myr Retriever, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Myr Retriever dies, it triggers, returning Scrap Trawler from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Cast Scrap Trawler by paying its mana cost, which is reduced by Foundry Inspector.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Scrap Trawler, adding {C}{C}.
  5. When Scrap Trawler dies, it triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Cast Myr Retriever by paying its mana cost, which is reduced by Foundry Inspector.
  7. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Camellia by paying {2} and sacrificing a Food.
  2. Camellia triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Food artifact token.
  3. Resolve the Camellia ability from step 1, putting a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Squirrel token, adding {C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.
14,164 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite card draw · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite colorless mana
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. The sacrificed creature's persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. The Great Henge triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature and causing you to draw a card.
  4. The -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters are removed as a state-based action.
  5. Repeat.
13,985 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Because the creature is a Food due to Ygra, when it dies, Camellia and Ygra trigger.
  3. Resolve the Ygra trigger, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
  4. Resolve the Camellia trigger, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
  5. Repeat.
12,889 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When the creature dies as a Food due to Ygra, Experimental Confectioner's second ability triggers, causing you to create a 1/1 Rat creature token.
  3. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite recursion of creature cards with power 2 or less
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
  2. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reveillark.
  3. When Reveillark dies, it triggers, returning Karmic Guide and up to one other creature with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Reveillark from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Repeat.
10,254 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colorless mana
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with persist, adding {2}.
  2. The persist ability triggers, returning that creature to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
  3. Ivy Lane Denizen triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
  4. Repeat.
9,602 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  3. Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
  4. Repeat.
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Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Plague Belcher.
  2. When Plague Belcher dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. When Plague Belcher enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a -1/-1 counter on it.
  4. Repeat.
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