Phyrexian Altar + Zendikar's Roil

Phyrexian Altar + Zendikar's Roil Combos

2 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Near-infinite colored mana Near-infinite death triggers Near-infinite ETB Near-infinite landfall triggers Near-infinite LTB

Combo 1 with Sméagol, Helpful Guide + Dúnedain Rangers

Also requires: Sméagol, Helpful Guide Sméagol, Helpful Guide Dúnedain Rangers Dúnedain Rangers
Results: Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite landfall triggers · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite mill · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers · Put all land cards from your opponents' libraries onto the battlefield tapped under your control
Steps
  1. Play a land card, triggering Dúnedain Rangers and Zendikar's Roil.
  2. Resolve the Zendikar's Roil trigger, creating a 2/2 Elemental creature token.
  3. Resolve the Dúnedain Rangers trigger, causing the Ring to tempt you, and causing the Elemental token to become your Ring-bearer.
  4. Sméagol triggers.
  5. Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Elemental, adding one mana of any color.
  6. Resolve the Sméagol trigger, causing an opponent to reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then causing you to put the land onto the battlefield tapped under your control, and your opponent to put all other revealed cards into their graveyard.
  7. When the land enters the battlefield, Dúnedain Rangers and Zendikar's Roil trigger.
  8. Repeat from step 2.
  9. NOTE: This combo can be stopped if an opponent runs out of lands in their library, so it is recommended to alternate opponents in between cycles to maximize the amount of iterations.
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Combo 2 with Beifong's Bounty Hunters

Also requires: Beifong's Bounty Hunters Beifong's Bounty Hunters
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing another nonland creature you control.
  2. When the creature dies, Beifong's Bounty Hunters triggers, earthbending a land.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the land.
  4. When the land dies, Beifong's Bounty Hunters triggers, returning the land from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
  5. When the land enters, Zendikar's Roil triggers, creating a creature token.
  6. Repeat.
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