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
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding {C}{C}.
- When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature.
- 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.
- Resolve the persist trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Resolve the undying trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler, adding {C}{C}.
- When Gravecrawler dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
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- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
- When the persist or undying creature dies, its persist or undying ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, choosing not to pay.
- Resolve the creature's trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 or -1/-1 counter on it.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
- 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.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature, adding {C}{C}.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler.
- Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {0}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Myr Retriever, adding {C}{C}.
- When Myr Retriever dies, it triggers, returning Scrap Trawler from your graveyard to your hand.
- Cast Scrap Trawler by paying its mana cost, which is reduced by Foundry Inspector.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Scrap Trawler, adding {C}{C}.
- When Scrap Trawler dies, it triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
- Cast Myr Retriever by paying its mana cost, which is reduced by Foundry Inspector.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
- Activate Camellia by paying {2} and sacrificing a Food.
- Camellia triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Food artifact token.
- Resolve the Camellia ability from step 1, putting a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Squirrel token, adding {C}{C}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Near-infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature, adding {C}{C}.
- The sacrificed creature's persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- The Great Henge triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature and causing you to draw a card.
- The -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters are removed as a state-based action.
- Repeat.
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
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding {C}{C}.
- Because the creature is a Food due to Ygra, when it dies, Camellia and Ygra trigger.
- Resolve the Ygra trigger, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
- Resolve the Camellia trigger, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding {C}{C}.
- 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.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite recursion of creature cards with power 2 or less
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reveillark.
- 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.
- When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Reveillark from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with persist, adding {2}.
- The persist ability triggers, returning that creature to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- Ivy Lane Denizen triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature, adding {C}{C}.
- When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Plague Belcher.
- When Plague Belcher dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- When Plague Belcher enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Repeat.
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