How it works
Steps
- 1Cast Deadly Grub by paying .
- 2Deadly Grub enters the battlefield with three time counters and a vigilance counter on it.
- 3Activate Tayam by paying and removing the three time counters from Deadly Grub.
- 4Deadly Grub's vanishing ability triggers, holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Deadly Grub, adding .
- 5Deadly Grub dies, creating a 6/1 Insect creature token.
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Insect, adding .
- 7Resolve the Deadly Grub trigger from step 4, doing nothing since Deadly Grub is no longer on the battlefield.
- 8Resolve the Tayam ability from step 3, causing you to mill three cards and return Deadly Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 9Repeat from step 2.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Spicy tier?
Spellbook classifies this as Spicy — not for these brackets.