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 Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Deadly Grub, adding .
- 5Deadly Grub dies, triggering itself and Pitiless Plunderer.
- 6Resolve the Deadly Grub trigger, creating a 6/1 Insect creature token.
- 7Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 8Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Insect, adding .
- 9The Insect dies, triggering Pitiless Plunderer, creating a Treasure token.
- 10Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 11Resolve the Deadly Grub trigger from step 4, doing nothing since Deadly Grub is no longer on the battlefield.
- 12Resolve the Tayam ability from step 3, causing you to mill three cards and return Deadly Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 13Repeat from step 2.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?