Combos with Chthonian Nightmare

15 known combos in Commander — View Chthonian Nightmare

Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Greedy Freebooter Greedy Freebooter
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters
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  1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  2. When Greedy Freebooter dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token and causing you to scry 1.
  3. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  8. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Greedy Freebooter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  10. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  11. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite energy counters
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  1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 3 or less and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  2. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  8. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  9. When Priest of Gix dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  10. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  11. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  12. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  13. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Shambling Ghast Shambling Ghast
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters
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  1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Shambling Ghast and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  2. When Shambling Ghast dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  8. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Shambling Ghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  10. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  11. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Priest of Urabrask Priest of Urabrask
Results: Infinite black mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite red mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Urabrask and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  2. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  3. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  4. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  5. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Urabrask from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {R}{R}{R}.
  7. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  8. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  9. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Greedy Freebooter Greedy Freebooter Shambling Ghast Shambling Ghast Jet Medallion Jet Medallion
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters · Infinite death triggers
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  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When Greedy Freebooter dies, it triggers, causing you to scry 1 and create a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Shambling Ghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {B}.
  8. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  9. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Shambling Ghast and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  10. When Shambling Ghast dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  11. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Greedy Freebooter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  12. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  13. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Pawn of Ulamog Pawn of Ulamog Greedy Freebooter Greedy Freebooter Shambling Ghast Shambling Ghast
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters
Show steps
  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter or Shambling Ghast and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When Greedy Freebooter or Shambling Ghast dies, it and Pawn of Ulamog trigger.
  5. Resolve the Greedy Freebooter or Shambling Ghast trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  7. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning either Greedy Freebooter or Shambling Ghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}.
  9. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  10. Repeat.
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Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Wriggling Grub Wriggling Grub Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Viscera Seer Viscera Seer
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite energy counters · Infinite colored mana · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Wriggling Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Wriggling Grub.
  7. When Wriggling Grub dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  8. Resolve the Wriggling Grub trigger, creating two 1/1 Worm creature tokens.
  9. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  10. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  11. Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  12. Repeat.
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Wriggling Grub Wriggling Grub Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters
Show steps
  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Wriggling Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Wriggling Grub, adding {B}.
  5. When Wriggling Grub dies, it triggers, creating two 1/1 Worm creature tokens.
  6. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a Worm, adding {1}.
  7. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Skittering Precursor Skittering Precursor Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Priest of Gix, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Priest of Gix dies, Skittering Precursor triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing the Eldrazi Spawn and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  7. Repeat.
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Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Wriggling Grub Wriggling Grub Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite energy counters · Infinite colored mana · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Wriggling Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Wriggling Grub.
  7. When Wriggling Grub dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  8. Resolve the Wriggling Grub trigger, creating two 1/1 Worm creature tokens.
  9. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  10. Resolve the Ashnod's Altar ability.
  11. Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  12. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Mondrak, Glory Dominus Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite energy counters · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E}, sacrificing a nontoken creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  2. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens due to Mondrak.
  3. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  7. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Skittering Precursor Skittering Precursor Greedy Freebooter Greedy Freebooter Impulsive Pilferer Impulsive Pilferer
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite energy counters
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  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter or Impulsive Pilferer and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When Greedy Freebooter or Impulsive Pilferer dies, it and Skittering Precursor trigger.
  5. Resolve the Greedy Freebooter or Impulsive Pilferer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Skittering Precursor trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  7. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning either Greedy Freebooter or Impulsive Pilferer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}.
  9. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  10. Repeat.
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Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Wriggling Grub Wriggling Grub Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Carrion Feeder Carrion Feeder
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite energy counters · Infinite colored mana · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
  4. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Wriggling Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Wriggling Grub.
  7. When Wriggling Grub dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  8. Resolve the Wriggling Grub trigger, creating two 1/1 Worm creature tokens.
  9. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  10. Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
  11. Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}.
  12. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Skittering Precursor Skittering Precursor Viscera Seer Viscera Seer
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana
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  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Priest of Gix.
  2. When Priest of Gix dies, Skittering Precursor triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  3. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
  4. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing the Eldrazi Spawn and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  6. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  7. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  8. Repeat.
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Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare Priest of Gix Priest of Gix Skittering Precursor Skittering Precursor Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Priest of Gix, adding one mana of any color.
  2. When Priest of Gix dies, Skittering Precursor triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  3. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing the Eldrazi Spawn and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  5. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  6. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  7. Repeat.
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