Pulsemage Advocate
Altar of Dementia
Thornbite Staff

  Played with this combo

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
Thornbite Staff attached to Pulsemage Advocate. Pulsemage Advocate does not have summoning sickness. You control a nontoken creature with power three or greater.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing a creature with power three or greater.
2
The creature dies, triggering Pulsemage Advocate, untapping it.
3
Resolve the Altar of Dementia trigger, causing target opponent to mill cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
4
Activate Pulsemage Advocate by tapping it and putting three cards from an opponent's graveyard into their owner's hand, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield.
5
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite card draw for opponents
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers

  Combo Metadata

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OF 3507463 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 33491
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.
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