Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
- Color identity
- RGW
- Mana
- {2}
Prerequisites
Thornbite Staff attached to Atla. Atla does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
- Activate Atla by paying {2} and tapping it, creating a 0/1 Egg creature token.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Egg, adding {C}{C}.
- The Egg dies, triggering Atla twice.
- Resolve the first Atla trigger, untapping it.
- Resolve the second Atla trigger, revealing cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card, then putting the creature card onto the battlefield and all other revealed cards on the bottom of your library.
- Repeat.
How to execute this combo
The "Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Thornbite Staff + Ashnod's Altar" combo takes 6 steps in order. Make sure you have the mana open and permanents listed in the prerequisites before you start — opponents can respond between steps.
The end result: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield.
Practice the line offline: lay out the cards, walk through each step, and note where you can lose the combo (summoning sickness, lack of priority, removal on a key permanent). In game, announce each step clearly; in casual play you can offer to shortcut after demonstrating the loop.
The best window is a turn when opponents are tapped out or after they commit a spell — hold protection (a counter, Vexing Shusher) if the combo wins on the spot.