How it works
Steps
- 1Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Derevi and Aerith persist until end of turn.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Derevi.
- 3When Derevi dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 4When Derevi enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Aerith.
- 6When Aerith dies, it triggers twice.
- 7Resolve Aerith's persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 8Resolve the second Aerith trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each legendary creature you control, thus removing the -1/-1 counters from Aerith and Derevi.
- 9Repeat.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?