Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Mortician Beetle
Ashnod's Altar
Strangleroot Geist
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield. | |
 available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Strangleroot Geist, adding . |
2 | Strangleroot Geist's undying ability and Mortician Beetle trigger. |
3 | Resolve the Strangleroot Geist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 and a vigilance counter. |
4 | Resolve the Mortician Beetle trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it. |
5 | Activate Tayam by paying  , removing a +1/+1 counter from Mortician Beetle and removing both counters from Strangleroot Geist. |
6 | Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Strangleroot Geist, adding . |
7 | Strangleroot Geist's undying ability and Mortician Beetle trigger. |
8 | Resolve the Strangleroot Geist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 and a vigilance counter. |
9 | Resolve the Mortician Beetle trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it. |
10 | Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Strangleroot Geist, adding . |
11 | Mortician Beetle triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself. |
12 | Resolve the Tayam ability from step 5, causing yourself to mill three cards and return Strangleroot Geist from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
13 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite +1/+1 counters on Mortician Beetle | |
| Infinite colorless mana | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite self-mill | |
| Put all permanents with a mana value of 3 or less from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield |
Combo Metadata
45
DECKS
0.01%
OF 755643 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 15385
MOST PLAYED OF 44136 COMBOS
{ } Commander Bracket Information
In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2
Exhibition and Core
(no 2-card combos)
Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed
3
Upgraded
(no early game 2-card combos)
Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.