Ashnod's Altar + Scute Swarm

Ashnod's Altar + Scute Swarm Combos

2 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite landfall triggers Infinite LTB Infinite sacrifice triggers

Combo 1 with Nim Deathmantle + Dryad Arbor

Also requires: Nim Deathmantle Nim Deathmantle Dryad Arbor Dryad Arbor
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens
Steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dryad Arbor, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Dryad Arbor dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay {4} to return Dryad Arbor from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Nim Deathmantle to it.
  3. When Dryad Arbor enters the battlefield, each Scute Swarm you control triggers, creating that many 1/1 Insect creature tokens or token copies of Scute Swarm.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a creature token, adding {C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Nim Deathmantle + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Also requires: Nim Deathmantle Nim Deathmantle Ashaya, Soul of the Wild Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite green mana · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite creature tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Ashaya, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Ashaya dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay {4} to return Ashaya from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Nim Deathmantle to it.
  3. When Ashaya enters the battlefield, each Scute Swarm you control triggers, creating that many 1/1 Insect creature tokens or token copies of Scute Swarm.
  4. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a creature token, adding {C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.
  6. If you control a nontoken creature that has haste, you may instead sacrifice it, and then tap it each iteration to get infinite green mana and colorless mana.
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