Chainer, Dementia Master
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Sadistic Hypnotist

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
Your life total is at least ten. Your devotion to black is at least ten or you have at least two opponents.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Sadistic Hypnotist by sacrificing Gray Merchant, causing target player to discard two cards.
2
Activate Chainer by paying nine life, returning Gray Merchant from your graveyard to the battlefield as a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
3
Gray Merchant enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black and causing you to gain life equal to the amount of life lost this way.
4
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control
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1.3%inclusion24 decks1.83K decks
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3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
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41%synergy
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31%synergy
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21%synergy
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11%synergy
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0%synergy
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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1%synergy
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17%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
9%synergy
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-10%synergy
Skullclamp
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5%synergy
Expedition Map
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10%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
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8%synergy
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0%synergy
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32%synergy
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18%synergy
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17%synergy
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13%synergy
Oppression
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15%synergy
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
Black Market Connections
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2%synergy
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11%synergy
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11%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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3%synergy
Oubliette
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
Words of Waste
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Contamination
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
Underworld Dreams
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4%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
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2%synergy
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5%synergy
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5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Raiders' Wake
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5%synergy
Planeswalkers
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13%inclusion15 decks113 decks
12%synergy
Liliana of the Veil
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
9%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Professor Onyx
8.0%inclusion9 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Liliana Vess
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5%synergy
Utility Lands
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22%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
34%inclusion38 decks113 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
32%inclusion36 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
31%inclusion35 decks113 decks
26%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
26%inclusion29 decks113 decks
24%synergy
Witch's Cottage
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Castle Locthwain
23%inclusion26 decks113 decks
19%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
13%synergy
High Market
19%inclusion22 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
15%synergy
Rogue's Passage
18%inclusion20 decks113 decks
-3%synergy
Barren Moor
16%inclusion18 decks113 decks
13%synergy
War Room
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9%synergy
Deserted Temple
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
13%synergy
Thespian's Stage
12%inclusion14 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
12%inclusion13 decks109 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion13 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
2%synergy
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11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
8%synergy
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10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
8%synergy
Ghost Quarter
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Strip Mine
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
Urza's Saga
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0%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
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3%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Mire
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5%synergy
Crystal Vein
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5%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
2%synergy
Command Beacon
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
1%synergy
Field of Ruin
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4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion100 decks113 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
58%inclusion65 decks113 decks
-15%synergy
Rakdos Signet
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
35%inclusion39 decks113 decks
20%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
17%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion23 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion19 decks113 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion12 decks113 decks
10%synergy
Lotus Petal
10%inclusion11 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
Caged Sun
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
7%synergy
The Soul Stone
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
4%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Gilded Lotus
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.3%inclusion6 decks113 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Temple of Malady
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
84%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
73%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
68%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Temple of Malice
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Tainted Peak
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
38%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Haunted Ridge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Blood Crypt
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
0%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion24 decks113 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
14%inclusion16 decks113 decks
-60%synergy
Urza's Cave
10%inclusion11 decks112 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.8%inclusion10 decks113 decks
-13%synergy
Demolition Field
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
4%synergy
Cavern of Souls
7.1%inclusion8 decks113 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
6.2%inclusion7 decks113 decks
-9%synergy