How it works
Prerequisites
- You have at least .
- You control a nontoken creature with mana value 3 or less.
Steps
- 1Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying , sacrificing a creature with mana value 3 or less and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
- 2When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding .
- 5Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying .
- 7When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get .
- 8Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most , sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand.
- 9When Priest of Gix dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 10Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 11Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying .
- 12When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get .
- 13Repeat.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?