Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer

Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer Combos

20 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite colored mana

Combo 1 with Reassembling Skeleton

Also requires: Reassembling Skeleton Reassembling Skeleton
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding {1}.
  2. When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Bloodsoaked Champion

Also requires: Bloodsoaked Champion Bloodsoaked Champion
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion, adding {1}.
  2. When Bloodsoaked Champion dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 3 with Academy Manufactor + Cauldron Familiar

Also requires: Academy Manufactor Academy Manufactor Cauldron Familiar Cauldron Familiar
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar
  2. When Cauldron Familar dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Food, a Clue, and a Treasure token.
  3. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 4 with Slimefoot and Squee

Also requires: Slimefoot and Squee Slimefoot and Squee
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing another nontoken creature you control and Slimefoot and Squee, adding {B}{R}.
  2. When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice, creating two Treasure tokens.
  3. Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{G}.
  4. Activate Slimefoot and Squee by paying {1}{B}{R}{G} and sacrificing a Saproling.
  5. When the Saproling dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Resolve the Slimefoot and Squee ability, returning it and another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. When Slimefoot and Squee enter the battlefield, it triggers, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
  8. Repeat.
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Combo 5 with Peregrin Took + Cauldron Familiar

Also requires: Peregrin Took Peregrin Took Cauldron Familiar Cauldron Familiar
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, adding one mana of any color.
  2. When Cauldron Familiar dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure and a Food artifact token.
  3. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing the Food, returning Cauldron Familiar to the battlefield from your graveyard.
  4. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 6 with Cult Conscript

Also requires: Cult Conscript Cult Conscript
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cult Conscript, adding {1}.
  2. When Cult Conscript dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Activate Cult Conscript by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 7 with Oathsworn Vampire

Also requires: Oathsworn Vampire Oathsworn Vampire
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Oathsworn Vampire, adding {B}.
  2. When Oathsworn Vampire dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  4. Cast Oathsworn Vampire from your graveyard by paying {1}{B}.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 8 with Stridehangar Automaton

Also requires: Stridehangar Automaton Stridehangar Automaton
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding one mana of any color.
  2. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
  3. Repeat.
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Combo 9 with Ozox, the Clattering King

Also requires: Ozox, the Clattering King Ozox, the Clattering King
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Ozox, adding {1}.
  2. When Ozox dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  3. Resolve the Ozox trigger, creating a legendary 2/1 Jumblebones creature token.
  4. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Jumblebones, adding {1}.
  6. When Jumblebones dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
  7. Resolve the Jumblebones trigger, returning Ozox from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  9. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  10. Cast Ozox by paying {2}{B}.
  11. Repeat.
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Combo 10 with Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder + Phyrexian Reclamation + Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Also requires: Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder Phyrexian Reclamation Phyrexian Reclamation Gray Merchant of Asphodel Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Gray Merchant by paying {3}{B}{B}.
  2. Endrek Sahr triggers, creating five 1/1 Thrull creature tokens.
  3. Gray Merchant enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose at least four life and you to gain life equal to the life you gained this way.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar six times by sacrificing Gray Merchant and five Thrulls, adding {3}{B}{B}{B}.
  5. The Thrulls and Grey Merchant die, triggering Pitiless Plunderer six times, creating six Treasure tokens.
  6. Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  7. Activate Phyrexian Reclamation by paying {1}{B} and two life, returning Gray Merchant from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Repeat.
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Combo 11 with Endless Cockroaches + Jet Medallion

Also requires: Endless Cockroaches Endless Cockroaches Jet Medallion Jet Medallion
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Endless Cockroaches, adding {B}.
  2. Endless Cockroaches dies, triggering itself and Pitiless Plunderer.
  3. Resolve the Endless Cockroaches trigger, returning it from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  6. Cast Endless Cockroaches by paying {B}{B}.
  7. Repeat.
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Combo 12 with Tenacious Dead + Zulaport Cutthroat

Also requires: Tenacious Dead Tenacious Dead Zulaport Cutthroat Zulaport Cutthroat
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}.
  2. Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}.
  4. Zulaport Cutthroat drains target opponent for 1.
  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 13 with Undead Sprinter

Also requires: Undead Sprinter Undead Sprinter
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Undead Sprinter, adding {R}.
  2. When Undead Sprinter dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Cast Undead Sprinter from your graveyard by paying {B}{R}.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 14 with Endless Cockroaches + Bontu's Monument

Also requires: Endless Cockroaches Endless Cockroaches Bontu's Monument Bontu's Monument
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Endless Cockroaches, adding {B}.
  2. Endless Cockroaches dies, triggering itself and Pitiless Plunderer.
  3. Resolve the Endless Cockroaches trigger, returning it from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  6. Cast Endless Cockroaches by paying {B}{B}.
  7. Bontu's Monument triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  8. Repeat.
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Combo 15 with Squee, the Immortal + Parallel Lives

Also requires: Squee, the Immortal Squee, the Immortal Parallel Lives Parallel Lives
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Squee to Phyrexian Altar, gaining {R}.
  2. Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two treasure tokens.
  3. Use the floating {R} and treasures to recast Squee.
  4. Repeat.
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Combo 16 with Quina, Qu Gourmet

Also requires: Quina, Qu Gourmet Quina, Qu Gourmet
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token and a creature token due to Quina.
  3. Repeat.
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Combo 17 with Squee, the Immortal + Doubling Season

Also requires: Squee, the Immortal Squee, the Immortal Doubling Season Doubling Season
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Squee to Phyrexian Altar, gaining {R}.
  2. Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two treasure tokens.
  3. Use the floating {R} and treasures to recast Squee.
  4. Repeat.
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Combo 18 with Sprout Swarm + Parallel Lives

Also requires: Sprout Swarm Sprout Swarm Parallel Lives Parallel Lives
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Sprout Swarm with buyback by paying {4}{G}, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Saprolings, adding {1}{G}.
  3. When the Saprolings die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice, creating four Treasure artifact tokens.
  4. Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {3}.
  5. Repeat.
  6. Once you have infinite Treasure tokens and colored mana, you may forego sacrificing the Saproling tokens.
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Combo 19 with Sprout Swarm + Doubling Season

Also requires: Sprout Swarm Sprout Swarm Doubling Season Doubling Season
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Cast Sprout Swarm with buyback by paying {4}{G}, creating two 1/1 Saproling creature tokens.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing the Saprolings, adding {1}{G}.
  3. When the Saprolings die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice, creating four Treasure artifact tokens.
  4. Activate three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {3}.
  5. Repeat.
  6. Once you have infinite Treasure tokens and colored mana, you may forego sacrificing the Saproling tokens.
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Combo 20 with Summoning Station

Also requires: Summoning Station Summoning Station
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Summoning Station by tapping it, creating a 2/2 Pincher creature token.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Pincher.
  3. When the Pincher dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding one mana of any color.
  5. Summoning Station triggers, untapping it.
  6. Repeat.
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