Altar of Dementia + Tenacious Dead

Altar of Dementia + Tenacious Dead Combos

3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite colored mana Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite mill

Combo 1 with Pitiless Plunderer + Pawn of Ulamog

Also requires: Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Pawn of Ulamog Pawn of Ulamog
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens with 0 power · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite self-mill · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Steps
  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
  2. When Tenacious Dead dies, it triggers itself, Pitiless Plunderer and Pawn of Ulamog.
  3. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  5. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill one card.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}.
  8. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  9. Resolve Tenacious Dead's ability from step 2, paying {1}{B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  10. Repeat any number of times.
  11. Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may repeat this loop spending mana from Treasures instead of Eldrazi Spawns in step 7, giving you infinite Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
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Combo 2 with Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Zulaport Cutthroat

Also requires: Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Sifter of Skulls Sifter of Skulls Zulaport Cutthroat Zulaport Cutthroat
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Altar of Dementia, milling target opponent for 2.
  2. Sifter of Skulls, Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to float {1} (Pitiless Plunderer and Zulaport Cutthroat trigger again).
  4. Resolve two Pitiless Plunderer triggers, generating two Treasure tokens; crack one to float {B}.
  5. Resolve two Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, draining opponent for 2.
  6. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  7. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, gaining one Treasure token per loop and draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.
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Combo 3 with Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Blood Artist

Also requires: Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Sifter of Skulls Sifter of Skulls Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Altar of Dementia, milling target opponent for 2.
  2. Sifter of Skulls, Pitiless Plunderer, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to float {1} (Pitiless Plunderer and Blood Artist trigger again).
  4. Resolve two Pitiless Plunderer triggers, generating two Treasure tokens; crack one to float {B}.
  5. Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2.
  6. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  7. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, gaining one Treasure token per loop and draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.
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