Combos with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
15 known combos in Commander — View Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature.
- When the creature dies, its persist or undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter or a +1/+1 counter on it due to Solemnity.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite rummaging
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-discard triggers
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- Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing another nontoken creature, creating at least one Blood artifact token.
- Repeat step 1 until you control at least six Blood tokens.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another nontoken creature, adding {W/B}.
- Repeat step 3 until you have {W/B}{W/B}{W/B} available.
- Activate Shilgengar by paying {W/B}{W/B}{W/B} and sacrificing six Blood tokens, returning all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield without a finality counter on them due to Solemnity.
- Repeat.
- If you control additional nontoken creatures, you may sacrifice them in step 1 to get infinite Blood tokens, and/or in step 3 to get infinite colored mana.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Activate Shilgengar 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.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
· Infinite Blood tokens
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- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Abdel Adrian.
- When Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, Karmic Guide is returned from exile to the battlefield.
- When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Abdel Adrian from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Abdel Adrian enters, it triggers, exiling Karmic Guide until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
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- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the persist or undying creature.
- 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.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing another creature, creating a Blood artifact token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite recursion of creature cards with power 2 or less
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- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
- Activate Shilgengar 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.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability from step 2.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
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- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Twilight Shepherd.
- When Twilight Shepherd dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Giada.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the undying creature.
- When the creature dies, its undying ability triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the undying creature.
- When the creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Resolve the Shilgengar abilities from step 1 and 3.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Cast Fiend Hunter by paying its mana cost.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Karmic Guide.
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Fiend Hunter.
- When Fiend Hunter dies, its second ability triggers, returning Karmic Guide from exile to the battlefield.
- When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Karmic Guide.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Cast Fiend Hunter by paying its mana cost.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Sun Titan.
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Fiend Hunter.
- When Fiend Hunter dies, its second ability triggers, returning Sun Titan from exile to the battlefield.
- When Sun Titan enters, it triggers, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Sun Titan.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Cast Fiend Hunter by paying its mana cost.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Angel of Indemnity.
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Fiend Hunter.
- When Fiend Hunter dies, its second ability triggers, returning Angel of Indemnity from exile to the battlefield.
- When Angel of Indemnity enters, it triggers, returning Fiend Hunter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Fiend Hunter enters, its first ability triggers, exiling Angel of Indemnity.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Cast Felidar Guardian by paying {3}{W}.
- When Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, it triggers, targeting Angel of Indemnity.
- Holding priority, activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Felidar Guardian.
- Resolve the Felidar Guardian ability, blinking Angel of Indemnity.
- When Angel of Indemnity enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Felidar Guardian from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 2 any number of times.
- Resolve all abilities from step 3, creating any number of Blood tokens.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
· Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
- Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the persist creature.
- When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- When the persist creature enters the battlefield, Celes's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
- Cast Felidar Guardian by paying its mana cost.
- When Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, it triggers, targeting Karmic Guide
- Holding priority, activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Felidar Guardian.
- Resolve the Felidar Guardian ability, blinking Karmic Guide
- When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Felidar Guardian from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 2.
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