Ashnod's Altar
Artifact$13.15
Sacrifice a creature: Add .
colorlessLegal in Commander
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Combos 1973
Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding {C}{C}. When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control an additional Zombie.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler, adding {C}{C}. When Gravecrawler dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Gravecrawler + Rooftop Storm
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one additional Zombie.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {0}. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Camellia, the Seedmiser + Peregrin Took
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one Food.
Steps
Activate Camellia by paying {2} and sacrificing a Food. Camellia triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Food artifact token. Resolve the Camellia ability from step 1, putting a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Squirrel token, adding {C}{C}. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, the Seedmiser
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one additional creature.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding {C}{C}. Because the creature is a Food due to Ygra, when it dies, Camellia and Ygra trigger. Resolve the Ygra trigger, putting two +1/+1 counters on it. Resolve the Camellia trigger, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Ygra, Eater of All + Experimental Confectioner
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control at least one additional creature
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another creature, adding {C}{C}. When the creature dies as a Food due to Ygra, Experimental Confectioner's second ability triggers, causing you to create a 1/1 Rat creature token. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Karmic Guide + Reveillark
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Karmic Guide. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Reveillark. When Reveillark dies, it triggers, returning Karmic Guide and up to one other creature with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Reveillark from your graveyard to the battlefield. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Plague Belcher
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Plague Belcher. When Plague Belcher dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. When Plague Belcher enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a -1/-1 counter on it. Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Maskwood Nexus
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control another creature.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another creature. When the creature dies as an Egg due to Maskwood Nexus, Atla triggers, revealing a creature card from your library and putting it onto the battlefield. Repeat as desired / able.
Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Bloodsoaked Champion
- Infinite colorless mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have attacked this turn.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion, adding {C}{C}. When Bloodsoaked Champion dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying {1}{B}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Edea, Possessed SorceressAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Edea, Possessed Sorceress can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- The Master, Gallifrey's EndAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which The Master, Gallifrey's End can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Aatchik, Emerald RadianAatchik, Emerald Radian makes creature tokens and Ashnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures.
- Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsTevesh Szat, Doom of Fools takes opponents' permanents and Ashnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures.
- Elenda, the Dusk RoseAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Elenda, the Dusk Rose can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Teysa, Orzhov ScionAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Teysa, Orzhov Scion can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant NecromancerAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Felisa, Fang of SilverquillAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Felisa, Fang of Silverquill can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Hofri GhostforgeAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Hofri Ghostforge can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Anax, Hardened in the ForgeAshnod's Altar sacrifices your creatures, which Anax, Hardened in the Forge can use because it rewards your creatures dying.