Chthonian Nightmare
Enchantment$0.86
When this enchantment enters, you get (three energy counters). Pay X , Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 145
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Pitiless Plunderer
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite Treasure tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least {E}{E}{E}. You control a nontoken creature with mana value 3 or less.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 3 or less and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When Priest of Gix dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Greedy Freebooter
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite energy counters
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least three energy counters.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Greedy Freebooter and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When Greedy Freebooter dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token and causing you to scry 1. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Greedy Freebooter from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Shambling Ghast
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite energy counters
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least three energy counters.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Shambling Ghast and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When Shambling Ghast dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Shambling Ghast from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Priest of Urabrask
- Infinite black mana
- Infinite red mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least three energy counters.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Urabrask and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Priest of Urabrask from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {R}{R}{R}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Wriggling Grub + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite energy counters
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Steps
Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing another creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Wriggling Grub from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Wriggling Grub, adding {B}. When Wriggling Grub dies, it triggers, creating two 1/1 Worm creature tokens. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a Worm, adding {1}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Pitiless Plunderer + Mondrak, Glory Dominus
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite energy counters
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control another nontoken creature. You have a creature card in your graveyard. The total mana value of the creature on the battlefield and the creature card in your graveyard is at most 6. You have at least {E}{E}{E}.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E}, sacrificing a nontoken creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens due to Mondrak. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Pitiless Plunderer + Xorn
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite energy counters
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control another nontoken creature. You have a creature card in your graveyard. The total mana value of the creature on the battlefield and the creature card in your graveyard is at most 6. You have at least {E}{E}{E}.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E}, sacrificing a nontoken creature and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When the creature dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure tokens due to Xorn. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning another creature from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Patron of the Arts + Priest of Gix
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite Treasure tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least {E}{E}{E}.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Patron of the Arts and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When Patron of the Arts dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Gix and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Patron of the Arts from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Patron of the Arts enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a Treasure token. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Songs of the Damned + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
- Infinite black mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least five creature cards in your graveyard, and one of those creature cards has mana value 1 or less.
Steps
Cast Songs of the Damned by paying {B}. Pinnacle Monk's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn. Resolve Songs of the Damned, adding {B} for each creature card in your graveyard. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. Pinnacle Monk's prowess ability triggers, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn. Chthonian Nightmare enters, triggering itself, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}, sacrificing Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {E} equal to Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand. Repeat.
Chthonian Nightmare + Patron of the Arts + Priest of Urabrask
- Infinite red mana
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least {E}{E}{E}.
Steps
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Patron of the Arts and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand. When Patron of the Arts dies, it triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Chthonian Nightmare ability, returning Priest of Urabrask from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Priest of Urabrask enters the battlefield, it triggers, adding {R}{R}{R}. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Priest of Urabrask and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Patron of the Arts from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Patron of the Arts enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a Treasure token. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}. 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 SorceressChthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures, which Edea, Possessed Sorceress can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Zahur, Glory's PastZahur, Glory's Past fills your graveyard, which Chthonian Nightmare can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Yarok, the DesecratedYarok, the Desecrated copies your triggered abilities, which Chthonian Nightmare can use because it has an enter-the-battlefield trigger.
- Dihada, Binder of WillsDihada, Binder of Wills fills your graveyard, which Chthonian Nightmare can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Eloise, Nephalia SleuthEloise, Nephalia Sleuth fills your graveyard, which Chthonian Nightmare can use because it reanimates creatures.
- Tevesh Szat, Doom of FoolsTevesh Szat, Doom of Fools takes opponents' permanents and Chthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures.
- Syr Konrad, the GrimChthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures, which Syr Konrad, the Grim can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Elenda, the Dusk RoseChthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures, which Elenda, the Dusk Rose can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Teysa, Orzhov ScionChthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures, which Teysa, Orzhov Scion can use because it rewards your creatures dying.
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant NecromancerChthonian Nightmare sacrifices your creatures, which Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer can use because it rewards your creatures dying.