Altar of Dementia + Body Launderer Combos
6 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite looting
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite ETB
Near-infinite LTB
Combo 1 with Karmic Guide
Also requires:
Karmic Guide
Karmic Guide
Results:
Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite mill
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Near-infinite self-mill
Steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
- When Karmic Guide dies, Body Launderer's first ability triggers, causing Body Launderer to connive.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its second ability triggers, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Body Launderer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Repeat.
Combo 2 with Saffi Eriksdotter
Also requires:
Saffi Eriksdotter
Saffi Eriksdotter
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite mill
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Near-infinite self-mill
Show steps
- Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Body Launderer.
- When Saffi dies, Body Launderer's first ability triggers, causing it to connive.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Body Launderer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Resolve the Body Launderer trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Repeat.
Combo 3 with Sister Hospitaller
Also requires:
Sister Hospitaller
Sister Hospitaller
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite mill
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Near-infinite self-mill
Show steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Sister Hospitaller.
- When Sister Hospitaller dies, Body Launderer's first ability triggers, causing Body Launderer to connive.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its second ability triggers, returning Sister Hospitaller from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Sister Hospitaller enters, it triggers, returning Body Launderer from your graveyard to the battlefield and causing you to gain 4 life.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Repeat.
Combo 4 with Felidar Guardian + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Near-infinite blinking of permanents
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
· Near-infinite mill
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-mill
Show steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Felidar Guardian.
- When Felidar Guardian dies, its undying ability and Body Launderer's first ability trigger.
- Resolve the Body Launderer trigger, causing it to connive.
- Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- When Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, it triggers, targeting Body Launderer.
- Holding priority, activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Felidar Guardian.
- When Felidar Guardian dies, Body Launderer's first ability triggers, causing it to connive.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 6, causing target player to mill cards equal to Felidar Guardian's power.
- Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger from step 5, blinking Body Launderer.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to Felidar Guardian's power.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its undying and second ability triggers.
- Resolve the undying trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Resolve the second Body Launderer trigger, returning Felidar Guardian from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking any other permanent you control.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 11, causing target player to mill cards equal to Body Launderer's power.
- Repeat.
Combo 5 with Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider + Hidden Herbalists
Also requires:
Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Hidden Herbalists
Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Hidden Herbalists
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite mill
· Infinite self-mill
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite green mana
· Infinite copies of creature cards in your graveyard that are 1/1 Insects
Show steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its second ability triggers, returning Grist, Voracious Larva from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Grist, Voracious Larva enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to pay {G} to exile it and return it to the battlefield as Grist, the Plague Swarm with six loyalty counters due to Vorinclex.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Body Launderer's power.
- Activate Grist, the Plague Swarm's third loyalty ability by removing six loyalty counters from it.
- Grist, the Plague Swarm is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
- Resolve the Grist, the Plague Swarm ability, creating a token copy of each creature card in your graveyard that is a 1/1 Insect.
- When the Grist, Voracious Larva and Hidden Herbalist tokens enter the battlefield, the Hidden Herbalist token triggers once and the Grist, Voracious Larva token triggers for each token created this way.
- Resolve all Grist, Voracious Larva triggers, choosing not to pay.
- Resolve the Hidden Herbalist trigger, adding {G}{G}.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the Grist, Voracious Larva token, causing target player to mill cards equal to Grist's power.
- Repeat from step 1, sacrificing a Body Launderer token instead.
Combo 6 with Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm + Hidden Herbalists + Doubling Season
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite mill
· Infinite self-mill
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite green mana
· Infinite copies of creature cards in your graveyard that are 1/1 Insects
Show steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Body Launderer.
- When Body Launderer dies, its second ability triggers, returning Grist, Voracious Larva from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Grist, Voracious Larva enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to pay {G} to exile it and return it to the battlefield as Grist, the Plague Swarm with six loyalty counters due to Doubling Season.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Body Launderer's power.
- Activate Grist, the Plague Swarm's third loyalty ability by removing six loyalty counters from it.
- Grist, the Plague Swarm is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
- Resolve the Grist, the Plague Swarm ability, creating two token copies of each creature card in your graveyard that are 1/1 Insects.
- Put all but one of the Grist, Voracious Larva tokens into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When the Grist, Voracious Larva and Hidden Herbalist tokens enter the battlefield, each Hidden Herbalist token triggers once and each Grist, Voracious Larva token triggers for each token created this way.
- Resolve all Grist, Voracious Larva triggers, choosing not to pay.
- Resolve both Hidden Herbalist triggers, adding {G}{G}{G}{G}.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the Grist, Voracious Larva token, causing target player to mill cards equal to Grist's power.
- Repeat from step 1, sacrificing a Body Launderer token instead.
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