How it works
Prerequisites
- Puppeteer Clique does not have a -1/-1 counter on it.
- Fain does not have summoning sickness.
- An opponent has at least one creature card in their graveyard.
Steps
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique, adding .
- 2Puppeteer Clique dies, triggering its persist ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3Puppeteer Clique enters the battlefield, putting any creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
- 4Activate Fain's second ability by tapping it and removing the -1/-1 counter from Puppeteer Clique, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature your opponent owns, adding .
- 7Activate Fain's fourth ability by paying , untapping it.
- 8Repeat.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?