Lurrus of the Dream-Den + Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer + Loyal Retainers + Phyrexian Altar + Dance of the Dead
How it works
Prerequisites
- Lurrus and You have not cast a spell using Lurrus this turn.
- It is your precombat main phase.
Steps
- 1Cast Dance of the Dead from your graveyard by paying , returning Liliana, Heretical Healer from your graveyard to the battlefield with Dance of the Dead attached.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Lurrus, adding .
- 3When Lurrus dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer triggers, causing you to exile it and return it to the battlefield as Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, and create a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Zombie, adding .
- 5Activate Liliana, Defiant Necromancer's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it.
- 6Liliana dies as a state-based action due to having zero loyalty.
- 7Resolve the Liliana ability, returning Loyal Retainers from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Activate Loyal Retainers by sacrificing it, returning Lurrus from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 9Repeat.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?