Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Resourceful Defense
Altar of Dementia
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield. | |
| You control at least two additional nontoken creatures, one of which has a coin counter on it. |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature with a coin counter on it. |
2 | When the creature dies, Resourceful Defense and Athreos trigger. |
3 | Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting a coin counter on another nontoken creature you control. |
4 | Resolve the Athreos trigger, returning the creature that died in step 1 from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
5 | Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability. |
6 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite mill | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite self-mill |
Combo Metadata
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{ } Commander Bracket Information
In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
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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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