Cadaver Imp + Phyrexian Altar

Cadaver Imp + Phyrexian Altar Combos

7 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite storm count Infinite sacrifice triggers

Combo 1 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Pitiless Plunderer

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Pitiless Plunderer and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Zombie token, adding {B}.
  10. The Zombie dies, triggering Pitiless Plunderer, creating a Treasure token.
  11. Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  12. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  13. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Pawn of Ulamog

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Pawn of Ulamog Pawn of Ulamog
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Pawn of Ulamog and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Zombie and the Eldrazi Spawn tokens, adding {1}{B}.
  10. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  11. Repeat.
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Combo 3 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Blight Mound

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Blight Mound Blight Mound
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Blight Mound and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Blight Mound trigger, creating a 1/1 Pest creature token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Zombie and the Pest tokens, adding {1}{B}.
  10. The Pest dies, causing you to gain 1 life.
  11. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  12. Repeat.
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Combo 4 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Open the Graves

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Open the Graves Open the Graves
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Open the Graves and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Open the Graves trigger, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the two Zombie tokens, adding {1}{B}.
  10. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  11. Repeat.
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Combo 5 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Sifter of Skulls

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Sifter of Skulls Sifter of Skulls
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Sifter of Skulls and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Sifter of Skulls trigger, creating a 1/1 Eldrazi Scion creature token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Zombie and the Eldrazi Scion tokens, adding {1}{B}.
  10. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  11. Repeat.
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Combo 6 with Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Ogre Slumlord

Also requires: Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Ogre Slumlord Ogre Slumlord
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {B}.
  2. Cadaver Imp dies, triggering Ogre Slumlord and Liliana, Heretical Healer.
  3. Resolve the Ogre Slumlord trigger, creating a 1/1 Rat creature token.
  4. Resolve the Liliana, Heretical Healer trigger, exiling it and returning it to the battlefield transformed, and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  5. Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
  6. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Liliana, Defiant Necromancer ability, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  8. Cadaver Imp enters the battlefield, returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Zombie and the Rat tokens, adding {1}{B}.
  10. Cast Liliana, Heretical Healer by paying {1}{B}{B}.
  11. Repeat.
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Combo 7 with Emptiness

Also requires: Emptiness Emptiness
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Cast Emptiness for its evoke cost by paying {W}{W}.
  2. When Emptiness enters, its first ability and evoke ability trigger.
  3. Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Emptiness, adding {W}.
  4. Resolve Emptiness's evoke trigger, failing to sacrifice it as it's no longer on the battlefield.
  5. Resolve Emptiness's first trigger, returning Cadaver Imp from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Cadaver Imp enters, it triggers, returning Emptiness from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cadaver Imp, adding {W}.
  8. Repeat.
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