How it works
Prerequisites
- You control at least two additional nontoken Hydras.
Steps
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another nontoken Hydra that does not have Nim Deathmantle attached, adding .
- 2When the Hydra dies, Polukranos and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- 3Resolve the Polukranos trigger, creating two 3/3 Phyrexian Hydra creature tokens.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Phyrexian Hydra, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to return the nontoken Hydra from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 6Repeat.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?