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Phyrexian Altar + Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.
    • Nevinyrral in the command zone.
    • Nevinyrral must be your commander.
    • {3}{w}{u}{b}, plus additional mana dependent on how many creatures have died this turn and commander tax available
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Cast Nevinyrral by paying {3}{w}{u}{b} plus commander tax.
    • 2
      Nevinyrral enters the battlefield.
    • 3
      In response, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Nevinyrral, adding {1}.
    • 4
      Decline to pay for Nevinyrral's leave the battlefield trigger.
    • 5
      Resolve Nevinyrral's ETB trigger, creating a tapped 2/2 Zombie creature token for each creature that died this turn.
    • 6
      Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing all Zombie tokens, adding {1} for each.
    • 7
      Repeat.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite colored mana
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite tapped creature tokens

Combo Metadata

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Combo Rank

Commander Bracket Information

In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?

1-2

Exhibition and Core

(no 2-card combos)

The community has determined this is a true 2-card combo.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

The community has determined this isn't an early game combo.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

Combo Voting

Does the community think this a true 2-card combo (both trivial prerequisites and significant results)? Do they think it can be executed before turn 6 or so?

Trivial Prerequisites
85%
Significant Results
77%
Early Game
31%
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