Mana Echoes
Phyrexian Altar
Marath, Will of the Wild

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Marath in the command zone.
Mana Echoes and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.
Marath must be your commander.
plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Marath from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable, causing it to enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.
2
When Marath enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each Elemental and Beast on the battlefield.
3
Activate Marath by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from it, creating a 1/1 Elemental creature token.
4
When the Elemental enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each Elemental on the battlefield.
5
Repeat from step 3 until Marath has one +1/+1 counter on it.
6
Activate Marath by paying 1 and removing a +1/+1 counter from it.
7
Marath dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
8
Choose to return Marath to the command zone from your graveyard.
9
Resolve the Marath ability, creating a 1/1 Elemental creature token.
10
When the Elemental enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding for each Elemental on the battlefield.
11
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing three Elementals, adding .
12
Repeat.
13
Once you have infinite colorless mana and Elemental tokens, you may cast Marath, causing it to enter with an arbitrarily large number of +1/+1 counters, and choose Marath's other modes instead.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite colored mana
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite commander casts
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens that are infinitely large
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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