Altar of Dementia + Animate Dead

Altar of Dementia + Animate Dead Combos

3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite mill Infinite sacrifice triggers

Combo 1 with Sun Titan + Karmic Guide

Also requires: Sun Titan Sun Titan Karmic Guide Karmic Guide
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Steps
  1. Cast Sun Titan.
  2. Sun Titan enters the battlefield, returning Animate Dead from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. With the Animate Dead trigger on the stack, Activate Altar of Dementia, sacrificing Sun Titan to mill target player six.
  4. Resolve the Animate Dead trigger, causing it to become an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead" and returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  5. Animate Dead is put into your graveyard due to state based actions, as it cannot attach to a creature with protection from black.
  6. Animate Dead triggers, causing you to sacrifice Karmic Guide.
  7. Karmic Guide's enter the battlefield triggers.
  8. Resolve Karmic Guide's enter the battlefield trigger returning Sun Titan from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Repeat from step 2.
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Combo 2 with Sun Titan + Dance of the Dead

Also requires: Sun Titan Sun Titan Dance of the Dead Dance of the Dead
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite self-mill
Show steps
  1. Cast Animate Dead by paying {1}{B}.
  2. When Animate Dead enters, it trigger, returning Sun Titan from your graveyard to the battlefield and attaching Animate Dead to it.
  3. When Sun Titan enters, it triggers, targeting Dance of the Dead.
  4. Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Sun Titan.
  5. Resolve the Sun Titan trigger, returning Dance of the Dead from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Dance of the Dead enters, it trigger, returning Sun Titan from your graveyard to the battlefield and attaching Dance of the Dead to it.
  7. When Sun Titan enters, it triggers, targeting Animate Dead.
  8. Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Sun Titan.
  9. Resolve the Sun Titan trigger, returning Animate Dead from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  10. Repeat from step 2.
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Combo 3 with Archon of Falling Stars

Also requires: Archon of Falling Stars Archon of Falling Stars
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
Show steps
  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Archon of Falling Stars.
  2. When Archon of Falling Stars dies, it triggers, returning Animate Dead from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Archon of Falling Stars from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Animate Dead to it.
  4. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Archon of Falling Stars' power.
  5. Repeat.
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