Samwise Gamgee
Cauldron Familiar
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
You control a Food token.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
2
Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3
When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers.
4
Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life.
5
Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token.
6
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite Blood tokens
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High Synergy Cards
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Utility Artifacts
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Heaped Harvest
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Enchantments
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20%synergy
Night of the Sweets' Revenge
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19%synergy
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15%synergy
Chalk Outline
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16%synergy
Evolutionary Leap
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15%synergy
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14%synergy
Gourmand's Talent
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14%synergy
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Fungal Fortitude
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13%synergy
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1%synergy
Dark Privilege
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
Golgari Germination
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10%synergy
Call of the Ring
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8%synergy
Felidar Retreat
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4%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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4%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
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3%synergy
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7%synergy
Caretaker's Talent
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Sanguine Bond
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3%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
Parallel Lives
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1%synergy
Battles
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5%synergy
Utility Lands
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34%synergy
Ghost Quarter
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11%synergy
Restless Cottage
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8%synergy
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Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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2%synergy
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Shifting Woodland
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1%synergy
Urza's Saga
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1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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-12%synergy
Bojuka Bog
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-22%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
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4%synergy
Sol Ring
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-26%synergy
Relic of Legends
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6%synergy
Talisman of Unity
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0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-13%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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-18%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
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18%synergy
Sandsteppe Citadel
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37%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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14%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
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11%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
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35%synergy
Selesnya Guildgate
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35%synergy
Golgari Guildgate
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34%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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6%synergy
Thriving Moor
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35%synergy
Thriving Grove
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Thriving Heath
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34%synergy
Gond Gate
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33%synergy
Tainted Wood
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21%synergy
Brushland
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15%synergy
Sunpetal Grove
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7%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
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5%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
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-9%synergy
Indatha Triome
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1%synergy
Temple Garden
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-10%synergy
Godless Shrine
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-12%synergy
Wastewood Verge
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20%synergy
Gateway Plaza
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26%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
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3%synergy
Caves of Koilos
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-3%synergy
Windswept Heath
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13%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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2%synergy
Lush Portico
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12%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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10%synergy
Bountiful Promenade
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-1%synergy
Marsh Flats
18%inclusion7 decks38 decks
8%synergy
Canopy Vista
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-18%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
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4%synergy
Fortified Village
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0%synergy
Horizon Canopy
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8%synergy
Murmuring Bosk
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7%synergy
Deceptive Landscape
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5%synergy
Scattered Groves
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5%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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3%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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1%synergy
Selesnya Sanctuary
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1%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
13%inclusion5 decks38 decks
-2%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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-2%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
13%inclusion5 decks38 decks
-4%synergy
Vault of Champions
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-11%synergy
Hushwood Verge
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2%synergy
Spire of Industry
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7%synergy
Branchloft Pathway
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4%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
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2%synergy
Arid Mesa
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0%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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-1%synergy