Doubling Season +

Doubling Season + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Combos

4 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

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

Combo 1 with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Metalwork Colossus

Also requires: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Metalwork Colossus Metalwork Colossus
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
Steps
  1. Cast Metalwork Colossus by paying {0}.
  2. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Metalwork Colossus, creating two Blood tokens.
  3. Activate Metalwork Colossus by sacrificing two Bloods, returning it from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Falkenrath Forebear + Pitiless Plunderer

Also requires: Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Falkenrath Forebear Falkenrath Forebear Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Shilgengar's first ability by sacrificing Falkenrath Forebear,
  2. When Falkenrath Forebear dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  3. Resolve the Shilgengar ability, creating two Blood tokens.
  4. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  5. Activate Falkenrath Forebear by paying {B} and sacrificing the two Bloods, returning Falkenrath Forebear from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. Repeat.
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Combo 3 with Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm + Hidden Herbalists + Body Launderer +1 more

Also requires: Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm Hidden Herbalists Hidden Herbalists Body Launderer Body Launderer Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite green mana · Infinite copies of creature cards in your graveyard that are 1/1 Insects · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite rummaging · Infinite Blood tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Body Launderer.
  2. When Body Launderer dies, its second ability triggers, returning Grist, Voracious Larva from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. When Grist, Voracious Larva enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to pay {G} to exile it and return it to the battlefield as Grist, the Plague Swarm with six loyalty counters due to Doubling Season.
  4. Resolve the Shilgengar ability
  5. Activate Grist, the Plague Swarm's third loyalty ability by removing six loyalty counters from it.
  6. Grist, the Plague Swarm is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
  7. Resolve the Grist, the Plague Swarm ability, creating two token copies of each creature card in your graveyard that are 1/1 Insects.
  8. Put all but one of the Grist, Voracious Larva tokens into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  9. When the Grist, Voracious Larva and Hidden Herbalist tokens enter the battlefield, each Hidden Herbalist token triggers once and each Grist, Voracious Larva token triggers for each token created this way.
  10. Resolve all Grist, Voracious Larva triggers, choosing not to pay.
  11. Resolve both Hidden Herbalist triggers, adding {G}{G}{G}{G}.
  12. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the Grist, Voracious Larva token
  13. Repeat from step 1, sacrificing a Body Launderer token instead.
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Combo 4 with Prosper, Tome-Bound + Goldspan Dragon + Flameskull +1 more

Also requires: Prosper, Tome-Bound Prosper, Tome-Bound Goldspan Dragon Goldspan Dragon Flameskull Flameskull Shilgengar, Sire of Famine Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Exile your library · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Flameskull.
  2. When Flameskull dies, it triggers, exiling it and the top card of your library with the ability to cast one from exile this turn.
  3. Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
  4. Cast Flameskull from exile by paying {1}{R}{R}.
  5. Prosper's second ability triggers, creating two Treasure tokens.
  6. Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {2}{R}{R}.
  7. Repeat.
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