How it works
Prerequisites
- You have a way to cause a creature to enter the battlefield under your control.
- You have a way to give Hornet Nest indestructible.
Steps
- 1Give Hornet Nest indestructible, if needed.
- 2Cause a creature to enter the battlefield under your control.
- 3Halana triggers, causing you to pay to have that creature deal damage equal to its power to Hornet Nest.
- 4Hornet Nest triggers, causing you to create a number of 1/1 Insect creature tokens equal to the damage dealt.
- 5When the Insect(s) enters the battlefield, Halana triggers that many times.
- 6Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing an Insect, adding .
- 7Resolve the Halana trigger, causing you to pay to deal 1 damage to Hornet Nest.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?