Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
Herd Baloth
Thornbite Staff

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
You control at least one additional creature. Xavier Sal does not have summoning sickness. Herd Baloth has at least one +1/+1 counter on it. Thornbite Staff attached to Xavier Sal.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Xavier Sal's second ability by tapping it and sacrificing any other creature you control.
2
When the creature dies, Xavier Sal triggers, untapping Xavier Sal.
3
Resolve the Xavier Sal ability from step 1, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
4
Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
5
Repeat.
6
Once you have infinite +1/+1 counters on Herd Baloth, you may instead use Xavier Sal's first ability to get infinite copies of creature tokens you control.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite copies of creature tokens you control
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite proliferate
Infinite sacrifice triggers
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