Altar of Dementia + Magnanimous Magistrate Combos
3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Infinite death triggers
Combo 1 with Phantasmal Image + Phyrexian Metamorph
Results:
Infinite blinking of creatures on the battlefield and creature cards in graveyard and in library
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-mill
Steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Phantasmal Image.
- Magnanimous Magistrate and Phyrexian Metamorph trigger.
- Resolve one trigger, removing two reprieve counters from a creature and returning Phantasmal Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Magnanimous Magistrate.
- Resolve the other trigger, declining to act.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Phyrexian Metamorph.
- Magnanimous Magistrate and Phantasmal Image trigger.
- Resolve Phantasmal Image's trigger, removing four reprieve counters from it and returning Phyrexian Metamorph from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Magnanimous Magistrate.
- Resolve the other trigger, declining to act.
- Repeat any number of times.
- Resolve all Altar of Dementia abilities, milling any number of players any amount of cards.
- You may sacrifice and return any number of creatures in your graveyard any number of times.
Combo 2 with Opalescence + Dance of Many
Results:
Infinite blinking of some creatures and some creature cards in graveyard and in library
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite self-mill
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
- Cast Dance of Many by paying {U}{U}.
- Dance of Many enters the battlefield, creating a token copy of Magnanimous Magistrate.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Dance of Many.
- Dance of Many, Magnanimous Magistrate, and the token Magnanimous Magistrate trigger.
- Resolve the nontoken Magnanimous Magistrate trigger, declining to act.
- Resolve the token Magnanimous Magistrate trigger, removing two reprieve counters from it and returning Dance of Many from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Dance of Many enters the battlefield, creating a token copy of Magnanimous Magistrate.
- Resolve the Dance of Many trigger, exiling the first Magnanimous Magistrate token.
- Repeat from step 3 any number of times.
- Resolve all Altar of Dementia abilities, milling any number of players any amount of cards.
- You may sacrifice and return any number of creatures with mana value 3 or less in your graveyard any number of times.
Combo 3 with Pir, Imaginative Rascal + Pollenbright Druid
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite self-mill
Show steps
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Pollenbright Druid.
- Magnanimous Magistrate triggers, causing you to remove two counters from it and return Pollenbright Druid from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Pollenbright Druid enters the battlefield, proliferate, putting two reprieve counters on Magnanimous Magistrate.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing any player to mill a card.
- Repeat.
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