Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Animate Dead

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How it works

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Cast Animate Dead by paying , returning Abdel Adrian from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Animate Dead to it.
Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, exiling Animate Dead until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
Animate Dead triggers, causing you to sacrifice Abdel Adrian.
Animate Dead returns to the battlefield, returning Abdel Adrian from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attaching Animate Dead to it.
Repeat from step 2.

In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Ruthless tier?

1–2 · Exhibition & Core

Spellbook classifies this as Ruthless — not for these brackets.

3 · Upgraded

Spellbook classifies this as Ruthless — not for these brackets.

4–5 · Optimized & cEDH

All combos are allowed.