Ashnod's Altar + Fires of Yavimaya Combos
8 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite colorless mana
Combo 1 with Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds + Atla Palani, Nest Tender
Results:
Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
· Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield tapped
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite colorless mana
· Near-infinite death triggers
Steps
- Activate Atla by paying {2} and tapping it, creating an 0/1 Egg creature token with defender.
- Activate Ghired by tapping a nontoken creature you control, creating a copy of the Egg token.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Egg token.
- When the Egg dies, Atla triggers, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card and put it onto the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 2.
Combo 2 with Jegantha, the Wellspring + Horde of Notions
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Jegantha by tapping it, adding {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} that cannot be spent to pay generic mana costs.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Jegantha.
- Activate Horde of Notions by paying {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, causing you to cast Jegantha from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
- Repeat.
Combo 3 with Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Slimefoot and Squee
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- Activate Selvala by paying {G} and tapping it, adding at least {B}{R}{G}.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Selvala and Slimefoot and Squee, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
- Activate Slimefoot and Squee by paying {1}{B}{R}{G} and sacrificing a Saproling, returning it and Selvala from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Slimefoot and Squee enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
- Repeat.
Combo 4 with Pitiless Plunderer + Eternal Witness + Doomed Necromancer
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding {C}{C}.
- When Eternal Witness dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Activate Doomed Necromancer by paying {B}, tapping it and sacrificing it.
- When Doomed Necromancer dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
- Resolve the Doomed Necromancer ability, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Doomed Necromancer from your graveyard to your hand.
- Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Cast Doomed Necromancer by paying {2}{B}.
- Repeat.
Combo 5 with Scarecrone + Su-Chi Cave Guard + Mirrorworks
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite card draw
· Infinite creature tokens with haste
· Infinite draw triggers
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Su-Chi Cave Guard, adding {C}{C}.
- When Su-Chi Cave Guard dies, it triggers, adding eight {C}.
- Cast Scarecrone by paying {3}.
- When Scarecrone enters the battlefield, Mirrorworks triggers, causing you to pay {2} to create a token copy of Scarecrone.
- Activate the nontoken Scarecrone's second ability by paying {4} and tapping it, returning Su-Chi Cave Guard from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Su-Chi Cave Guard enters the battlefield, Mirrorworks triggers.
- Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the nontoken Scarecrone, adding {C}{C}.
- Resolve the Mirrorworks trigger, causing you to pay {2} to create a token copy of Su-Chi Cave Guard.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar three times by sacrificing both Su-Chi Cave Guards, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
- When the Su-Chi Cave Guards die, they trigger, adding 16 {C}.
- Activate the token Scarecrone's second ability by paying {4} and tapping it, returning Scarecrone from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 4.
Combo 6 with Nim Deathmantle + Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another nontoken creature, adding {C}{C}.
- When the creature dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers. Choose not to pay.
- Activate Xu-Ifit by tapping it, returning a creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Xu-Ifit, adding {C}{C}.
- When Xu-Ifit dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay {4} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- Repeat.
Combo 7 with Yenna, Redtooth Regent + Angelic Renewal
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
Show steps
- Activate Yenna by paying {2} and tapping it, creating a token copy of Angelic Renewal.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Yenna, adding {C}{C}.
- When Yenna dies, both Angelic Renewals trigger.
- Resolve the first trigger, choosing to sacrifice either Angelic Renewal and return Yenna from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Resolve the second trigger, choosing not to pay.
- Repeat.
Combo 8 with Enduring Vitality + Zur, Eternal Schemer
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
Show steps
- If Enduring Vitality is not a creature, activate Zur by paying {1}{W}, causing Enduring Vitality to become a creature.
- Activate Enduring Vitality by tapping it, adding {W}.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar's second ability by sacrificing Enduring Vitality, adding {C}{C}.
- When Enduring Vitality dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield as an enchantment.
- Repeat.
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