Altar of Dementia + Pir, Imaginative Rascal Combos
3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite mill
Infinite self-mill
Infinite death triggers
Combo 1 with Magnanimous Magistrate + Pollenbright Druid
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite self-mill
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.
Combo 2 with Toph, Greatest Earthbender + Power Depot + Crystalline Crawler
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite landfall triggers
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-mill
Show steps
- Play Power Depot, which will enter with a +1/+1 counter on it due to its modular ability
- Cast Toph either from your hand or from the command zone by paying {2}{R}{G} plus commander tax if applicable.
- When Toph enters, it triggers, earthbending Power Depot and putting a number of +1/+1 counters on Power Depot equal to the mana spent to cast Toph, increased by Pir.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Power Depot.
- When Power Depot dies, its modular ability and Toph trigger.
- Resolve the modular trigger, putting the +1/+1 counters that were on Power Depot onto Crystalline Crawler, increased by Pir.
- Resolve the Toph trigger, returning Power Depot from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Power Depot will enter with a +1/+1 counter on it due to its modular ability
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Toph. Choose to return Toph from your graveyard to the command zone.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {R/G}.
- Repeat step 10 until you have enough mana to cast Toph.
- Repeat from step 2.
Combo 3 with Sigil of the New Dawn + Crystalline Crawler + Hardened Scales
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Cast Crystalline Crawler giving it 5 +1/+1 counters because of Pir, Imaginative Rascal and harden scales.
- Remove all five counters getting {W} {U} {B} {R} {G}.
- Sacrifice Crawler to Altar milling target player 1.
- Pay Sigil's cost of {1}{W} returning Crawler to hand.
- Recast Crystalline Crawler for all of the remaining floating mana giving it six +1/+1 counters.
- Remove all six counters netting {6} of assorted colors containing {W} {W} {U} {B} {R} {G}.
- Repeat steps 4-7 adding mana along the way.
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