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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10%synergy
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High Synergy Cards
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54%synergy
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50%synergy
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49%synergy
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48%synergy
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43%synergy
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41%synergy
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38%synergy
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33%synergy
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Top Cards
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31%synergy
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17%synergy
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32%synergy
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23%synergy
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32%synergy
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29%synergy
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24%synergy
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18%synergy
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6%synergy
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9%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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97%synergy
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84%synergy
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29%synergy
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17%synergy
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23%synergy
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25%synergy
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22%synergy
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22%synergy
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24%synergy
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22%synergy
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17%synergy
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19%synergy
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10%synergy
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%synergy
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15%synergy
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15%synergy
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15%synergy
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23%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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1%synergy
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Agadeem's Awakening
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3%synergy
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
Imperial Seal
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0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Altar of Dementia
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25%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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24%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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2%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%inclusion20 decks118 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-10%synergy
Skullclamp
16%inclusion19 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
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11%synergy
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12%inclusion14 decks118 decks
11%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
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10%synergy
Whip of Erebos
11%inclusion13 decks118 decks
7%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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7%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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6%synergy
Spawning Pit
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
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4%synergy
Herald's Horn
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1%synergy
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
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2%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
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0%synergy
Enchantments
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32%synergy
Waste Not
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18%synergy
Necromancy
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17%synergy
Grave Pact
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13%synergy
Oppression
15%inclusion18 decks118 decks
14%synergy
Black Market
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11%synergy
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14%inclusion17 decks118 decks
11%synergy
Black Market Connections
14%inclusion17 decks118 decks
2%synergy
Painful Quandary
14%inclusion16 decks118 decks
11%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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8%synergy
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11%synergy
Exquisite Blood
11%inclusion13 decks118 decks
6%synergy
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5%synergy
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8%synergy
Greed
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
3%synergy
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8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
8%synergy
Ripples of Undeath
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3%synergy
Contamination
7.6%inclusion9 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Tortured Existence
7.6%inclusion9 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Bandit's Talent
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7%synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
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7%synergy
Necrogen Mists
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6%synergy
Leyline of the Void
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6%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
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3%synergy
Words of Waste
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Out of the Tombs
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Underworld Dreams
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Font of Agonies
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Raiders' Wake
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Liliana's Caress
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4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Vampiric Rites
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3%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
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4%synergy
Planeswalkers
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13%inclusion15 decks118 decks
11%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Liliana of the Veil
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Professor Onyx
7.6%inclusion9 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Liliana Vess
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
53%inclusion62 decks118 decks
23%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
34%inclusion40 decks118 decks
25%synergy
Reliquary Tower
31%inclusion37 decks118 decks
2%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
30%inclusion35 decks118 decks
24%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
26%inclusion31 decks118 decks
24%synergy
Witch's Cottage
23%inclusion27 decks118 decks
20%synergy
Castle Locthwain
23%inclusion27 decks118 decks
19%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion24 decks118 decks
12%synergy
High Market
19%inclusion22 decks118 decks
16%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
17%inclusion20 decks118 decks
14%synergy
Barren Moor
16%inclusion19 decks118 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion19 decks118 decks
-4%synergy
Deserted Temple
14%inclusion17 decks118 decks
13%synergy
War Room
14%inclusion16 decks118 decks
8%synergy
Thespian's Stage
12%inclusion14 decks118 decks
9%synergy
Mortuary Mire
12%inclusion14 decks118 decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
11%inclusion13 decks115 decks
9%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion12 decks118 decks
1%synergy
Westvale Abbey
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
7%synergy
Ghost Quarter
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Strip Mine
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
8.2%inclusion4 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Lake of the Dead
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
6%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
2%synergy
Urza's Saga
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
0%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Mire
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Crystal Vein
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
1%synergy
Memorial to Folly
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion104 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Signet
57%inclusion67 decks118 decks
-15%synergy
Rakdos Signet
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
26%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion39 decks118 decks
19%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion24 decks118 decks
16%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion23 decks118 decks
2%synergy
Fellwar Stone
17%inclusion20 decks118 decks
-3%synergy
Nyx Lotus
11%inclusion13 decks118 decks
10%synergy
Lotus Petal
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
2%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Caged Sun
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Extraplanar Lens
7.6%inclusion9 decks118 decks
7%synergy
The Soul Stone
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
3%synergy
Gilded Lotus
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Worn Powerstone
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
3%synergy
Commander's Sphere
5.1%inclusion6 decks118 decks
-6%synergy
Lands
Temple of Malady
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
85%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
73%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
67%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
60%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Temple of Malice
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
50%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
-1%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion24 decks118 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
14%inclusion16 decks118 decks
-61%synergy
Urza's Cave
9.3%inclusion11 decks118 decks
7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
-12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.5%inclusion10 decks118 decks
-14%synergy
Demolition Field
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
4%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.8%inclusion8 decks118 decks
0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
5.9%inclusion7 decks118 decks
-9%synergy