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Umbral Collar Zealot + Gorma, the Gullet + Persist Creature
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How it works
Prerequisites
- Persist Creature
Steps
- Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the persist creature.
- When the persist creature dies, its persist ability and Gorma trigger.
- Resolve the Gorma trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Resolve the persist trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Gorma.
- Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- Repeat
Commander brackets
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.