How it works
Steps
- 1Cast Gerrard either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2Gerrard enters the battlefield, triggering Cadric, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Gerrard.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the nontoken Gerrard, adding .
- 4Gerrard dies, triggering its ability.
- 5Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the token Gerrard, adding .
- 6The token Gerrard dies, returning the nontoken Gerrard from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Resolve all Gerrard triggers, exiling it if it's in your graveyard and returning all artifacts and creatures that were put into your graveyard this turn to the battlefield.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.