Altar of Dementia
Puppeteer Clique
Hardened Academic
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield (Puppeteer Clique without a -1/-1 counter on it on the battlefield). |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique. |
2 | When Puppeteer Clique dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it. |
3 | Hardened Academic and Puppeteer Clique trigger. |
4 | Resolve the Hardened Academic trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on Puppeteer Clique. |
5 | Resolve the Puppeteer Clique trigger, allowing you to put a creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. |
6 | Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability |
7 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite mill | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite self-mill | |
| Put all creature cards from each opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control |
Combo Metadata
18
DECKS
0.01%
OF 135251 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 23981
MOST PLAYED OF 54275 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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