Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Puppeteer Clique + Umbral Collar Zealot

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How it works

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Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique.
When Puppeteer Clique dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
When Puppeteer Clique enters, it triggers, allowing you to put a creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Puppeteer Clique.
When Puppeteer Clique dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When Puppeteer Clique enters, it triggers, allowing you to put a creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
Repeat.

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

1–2 · Exhibition & Core

Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.

3 · Upgraded

Allowed in this bracket.

4–5 · Optimized & cEDH

All combos are allowed.