Pawn of Ulamog + Tenacious Dead

Pawn of Ulamog + Tenacious Dead Combos

3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite lifegain Infinite lifegain triggers

Combo 1 with Phyrexian Altar + Zulaport Cutthroat

Also requires: Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Zulaport Cutthroat Zulaport Cutthroat
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}.
  2. Pawn of Ulamog, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Pawn of Ulamog generates an Eldrazi Spawn token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Zulaport Cutthroat triggers again).
  4. Resolve two Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, draining opponent for 2.
  5. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  6. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.
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Combo 2 with Phyrexian Altar + Blood Artist

Also requires: Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite LTB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}.
  2. Pawn of Ulamog, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Pawn of Ulamog generates an Eldrazi Spawn token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Blood Artist triggers again).
  4. Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2.
  5. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  6. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.
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Combo 3 with Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer

Also requires: Altar of Dementia Altar of Dementia Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens with 0 power · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite self-mill · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
  2. When Tenacious Dead dies, it triggers itself, Pitiless Plunderer and Pawn of Ulamog.
  3. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
  5. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill one card.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}.
  8. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  9. Resolve Tenacious Dead's ability from step 2, paying {1}{B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  10. Repeat any number of times.
  11. Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may repeat this loop spending mana from Treasures instead of Eldrazi Spawns in step 7, giving you infinite Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
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