Ashnod's Altar + Krark-Clan Ironworks Combos

4 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite colorless mana Infinite death triggers

Combo 1 with Rocco, Street Chef + Eternal Scourge + Rest in Peace

Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite Food tokens · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Scourge, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Eternal Scourge is exiled instead of being put into your graveyard due to Rest in Reace.
  3. Cast Eternal Scourge from exile by paying {3}.
  4. Rocco triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control and creating a Food artifact token.
  5. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing the Food, adding {C}{C}.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Gluttonous Troll + Nim Deathmantle

Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite Food tokens · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gluttonous Troll, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Gluttonous Troll dies, triggering Nim Deathmantle, causing you to pay {4} to return Gluttonous Troll from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
  3. When Gluttonous Troll enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least two Food artifact tokens.
  4. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing a Food, adding {C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Unlucky Cabbage Merchant + Nim Deathmantle

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite landfall triggers · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield tapped
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Unlucky Cabbage Merchant, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Unlucky Cabbage Merchant dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay {4} to return Unlucky Cabbage Merchant from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
  3. When Unlucky Cabbage Merchant enters, its first ability triggers, creating a Food token.
  4. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing the Food, adding {C}{C}.
  5. Unlucky Cabbage Merchant's second ability triggers. Holding priority, repeat steps 1 through 3 one additional time.
  6. Resolve the Unlucky Cabbage Merchant trigger from step 5, searching your library for a basic land card and putting it onto the battlefield tapped. You will not shuffle Unlucky Cabbage Merchant as it's a new object.
  7. Repeat from step 4.

Combo 4 with Ancient Adamantoise + Nim Deathmantle

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite tapped Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Ancient Adamantoise, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Ancient Adamantoise dies, it and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
  3. Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, causing you to pay {4} to return Ancient Adamantoise from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
  4. Resolve the Ancient Adamantoise trigger, creating ten tapped Treasure tokens.
  5. Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing a Treasure, adding {C}{C}.
  6. Repeat.
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