The Great Henge + Phyrexian Altar + Persist Creature

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How it works

Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the persist creature, adding one mana of any color.
The sacrificed creature's persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
The Great Henge triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature and causing you to draw a card.
The -1/-1 and +1/+1 counters are removed as a state-based action.
Repeat.

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.