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Ashnod's Altar + First Day of Class + Persist Creature
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How it works
Prerequisites
- Persist Creature
Steps
- Cast First Day of Class by paying .
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature.
- When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- When the persist creature enters, First Day of Class triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
- Repeat from step 2
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?
1–2 · Exhibition & Core
Allowed in this bracket.
3 · Upgraded
Allowed in this bracket.
4–5 · Optimized & cEDH
All combos are allowed.