Mortuary
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Ashnod's Altar
Gwenom, Remorseless

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Gray Merchant of Asphodel in hand or in your library (Gray Merchant of Asphodel on top of your library in your library).
All other permanents on the battlefield.
Your life total is at least 6 if Gray Merchant is on the top of your library, or you have 3 available otherwise.
Gwenom has attacked this turn.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Gray Merchant either from your hand by paying 3 or from the top of your library by paying 5 life.
2
When Gray Merchant enters, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black and causing you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
3
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gray Merchant.
4
When Gray Merchant dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Gray Merchant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
5
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifeloss
Super Shredder
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Moseo, Vein's New Dean
0.2%inclusion1 decks532 decks
Top Commanders
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3.6%inclusion128 decks3.57K decks
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0.2%inclusion49 decks23.6K decks
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New Cards
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15%inclusion10 decks68 decks
14%synergy
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7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Emeritus of Woe
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
4%synergy
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5%synergy
Send in the Pest
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6%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Sensei's Divining Top
80%inclusion160 decks199 decks
76%synergy
Viscera Seer
78%inclusion155 decks199 decks
70%synergy
Dark Ritual
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69%synergy
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68%synergy
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65%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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63%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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61%synergy
Blood Artist
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58%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
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57%synergy
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53%synergy
Top Cards
Reanimate
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Lightning Greaves
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Deadly Rollick
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Game Changers
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43%synergy
Demonic Tutor
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Necropotence
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46%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
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35%synergy
Ancient Tomb
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Chrome Mox
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32%synergy
Mana Vault
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31%synergy
The One Ring
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28%synergy
Imperial Seal
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24%synergy
Creatures
Death Cultist
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47%synergy
Blood Pet
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46%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
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39%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
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31%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
34%inclusion68 decks199 decks
32%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
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25%synergy
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30%synergy
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28%synergy
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27%synergy
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28%synergy
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25%synergy
Doom Whisperer
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Bloodthirsty Conqueror
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23%synergy
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23%synergy
Accursed Marauder
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23%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
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26%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
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22%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
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21%synergy
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19%synergy
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19%synergy
Merciless Executioner
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20%synergy
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
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19%synergy
Boggart Trawler
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17%synergy
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19%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
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17%synergy
Ornithopter
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18%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
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14%synergy
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13%synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
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11%synergy
Rottenmouth Viper
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12%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
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11%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
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10%synergy
Diamond Mare
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
Walking Ballista
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8%synergy
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Instants
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44%synergy
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Entomb
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30%synergy
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20%synergy
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21%synergy
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21%synergy
Insidious Dreams
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21%synergy
Deadly Dispute
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15%synergy
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Rain of Filth
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16%synergy
Defile
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12%synergy
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Dismember
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Not Dead After All
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8%synergy
Fatal Push
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7%synergy
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5%synergy
Tragic Slip
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4%synergy
Slaughter Pact
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6%synergy
Cut Down
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6%synergy
Force of Despair
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5%synergy
Ad Nauseam
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4%synergy
Withering Boon
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5%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
Tainted Pact
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2%synergy
Dissection Practice
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Foolish Fate
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5%synergy
Hagra Mauling
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3%synergy
Murder
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1%synergy
Sorceries
Scheming Symmetry
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41%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
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39%synergy
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22%synergy
Toxic Deluge
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Beseech the Mirror
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29%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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29%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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23%synergy
Grim Tutor
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23%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
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25%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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21%synergy
Exsanguinate
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16%synergy
Night's Whisper
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12%synergy
Victimize
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8%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
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17%synergy
Doomsday
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18%synergy
Sign in Blood
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10%synergy
Bubbling Muck
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17%synergy
Cruel Tutor
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16%synergy
Damnation
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10%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
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10%synergy
Chain of Smog
14%inclusion28 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
14%inclusion28 decks199 decks
12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion26 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Buried Alive
10%inclusion20 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Profane Tutor
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8%synergy
Dark Petition
9.0%inclusion18 decks199 decks
8%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Beseech the Queen
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
2%synergy
Read the Bones
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1%synergy
Persist
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Sorin's Vengeance
6.0%inclusion12 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Unearth
6.0%inclusion12 decks199 decks
3%synergy
Splinter's Technique
5.1%inclusion5 decks98 decks
4%synergy
Zof Consumption
5.0%inclusion10 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bontu's Monument
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34%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
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34%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
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27%synergy
Skullclamp
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17%synergy
Defense Grid
25%inclusion50 decks199 decks
24%synergy
Scroll Rack
19%inclusion38 decks199 decks
18%synergy
Demon's Horn
17%inclusion33 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Altar of Dementia
17%inclusion33 decks199 decks
14%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
16%inclusion32 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Prism Ring
15%inclusion29 decks199 decks
14%synergy
Golem's Heart
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9%synergy
Manifold Key
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8%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
9.0%inclusion18 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Codex Shredder
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8%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
7%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
7.5%inclusion15 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
7.5%inclusion15 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Staff of the Death Magus
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
7%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
6%synergy
The Endstone
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
6%synergy
The Masamune
6.0%inclusion12 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Brotherhood Regalia
6.0%inclusion12 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
5.5%inclusion11 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
5.5%inclusion11 decks199 decks
-2%synergy
Mithril Coat
5.0%inclusion10 decks199 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market Connections
38%inclusion75 decks199 decks
26%synergy
Exquisite Blood
33%inclusion66 decks199 decks
28%synergy
Grave Pact
27%inclusion54 decks199 decks
23%synergy
Animate Dead
27%inclusion53 decks199 decks
18%synergy
Sanguine Bond
24%inclusion48 decks199 decks
19%synergy
Bitterblossom
23%inclusion46 decks199 decks
19%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
21%inclusion41 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion39 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
18%inclusion36 decks199 decks
11%synergy
Tombstone Stairwell
18%inclusion35 decks199 decks
17%synergy
Biotransference
17%inclusion34 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Heartless Summoning
15%inclusion30 decks199 decks
14%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion25 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
12%inclusion24 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Font of Agonies
10%inclusion19 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Necromancy
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Dance of the Dead
6.0%inclusion12 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
5.5%inclusion11 decks199 decks
1%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
20%inclusion40 decks199 decks
19%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
17%inclusion33 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
15%inclusion30 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Liliana Vess
10%inclusion19 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
3%synergy
Utility Lands
Phyrexian Tower
58%inclusion116 decks199 decks
49%synergy
Cabal Coffers
58%inclusion116 decks199 decks
49%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
52%inclusion103 decks199 decks
46%synergy
Urza's Saga
42%inclusion83 decks199 decks
35%synergy
Lake of the Dead
29%inclusion58 decks199 decks
29%synergy
Bojuka Bog
28%inclusion56 decks199 decks
-2%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
28%inclusion55 decks199 decks
23%synergy
High Market
27%inclusion54 decks199 decks
25%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
23%inclusion45 decks199 decks
22%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
23%inclusion45 decks199 decks
19%synergy
Deserted Temple
22%inclusion43 decks199 decks
21%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
22%inclusion43 decks199 decks
19%synergy
Barad-dûr
19%inclusion38 decks199 decks
17%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
18%inclusion36 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Crystal Vein
17%inclusion34 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion34 decks199 decks
-3%synergy
Witch's Cottage
17%inclusion33 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
17%inclusion33 decks199 decks
8%synergy
City of Traitors
16%inclusion32 decks199 decks
15%synergy
Peat Bog
12%inclusion23 decks199 decks
11%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion23 decks199 decks
-18%synergy
Command Beacon
11%inclusion21 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Emergence Zone
9.0%inclusion18 decks199 decks
7%synergy
Swarmyard
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Vault of Whispers
8.5%inclusion17 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.0%inclusion16 decks199 decks
5%synergy
War Room
7.0%inclusion14 decks199 decks
1%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Mortuary Mire
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
2%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
5.0%inclusion10 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
97%inclusion193 decks199 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion133 decks199 decks
-5%synergy
The Soul Stone
49%inclusion97 decks199 decks
45%synergy
Lotus Petal
47%inclusion93 decks199 decks
40%synergy
Mox Amber
32%inclusion63 decks199 decks
27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
28%inclusion56 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Mox Opal
25%inclusion49 decks199 decks
20%synergy
Mind Stone
23%inclusion46 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Mox Diamond
20%inclusion40 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Grim Monolith
18%inclusion36 decks199 decks
16%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
17%inclusion34 decks199 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
16%inclusion32 decks199 decks
-1%synergy
Springleaf Drum
12%inclusion24 decks199 decks
10%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion21 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion20 decks199 decks
6%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
8.0%inclusion16 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
-5%synergy
Chromatic Star
5.5%inclusion11 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
5.0%inclusion10 decks199 decks
5%synergy
Paradise Mantle
5.0%inclusion10 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Gemstone Caverns
37%inclusion73 decks199 decks
32%synergy
Urza's Cave
21%inclusion41 decks199 decks
18%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
20%inclusion40 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
20%inclusion40 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Polluted Delta
20%inclusion40 decks199 decks
8%synergy
Marsh Flats
20%inclusion39 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Cavern of Souls
19%inclusion38 decks199 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion28 decks199 decks
9%synergy
Command Tower
9.0%inclusion18 decks199 decks
-65%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
6.5%inclusion13 decks199 decks
4%synergy
Myriad Landscape
5.5%inclusion11 decks199 decks
-10%synergy