Mortuary
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Phyrexian 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 Phyrexian 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 colored mana
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifeloss
Super Shredder
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Top Commanders
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New Cards
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20%synergy
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
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82%synergy
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70%synergy
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70%synergy
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68%synergy
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68%synergy
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66%synergy
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59%synergy
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58%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
67%inclusion178 decks264 decks
58%synergy
Top Cards
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56%synergy
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54%synergy
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56%synergy
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58%synergy
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51%synergy
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53%synergy
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63%synergy
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48%synergy
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52%synergy
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46%synergy
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41%synergy
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43%synergy
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40%synergy
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36%synergy
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52%synergy
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48%synergy
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48%synergy
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45%synergy
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42%synergy
Eternal Witness
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34%synergy
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33%synergy
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35%inclusion92 decks264 decks
26%synergy
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29%synergy
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32%synergy
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27%synergy
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32%synergy
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29%synergy
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30%synergy
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27%synergy
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24%synergy
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23%synergy
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22%synergy
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20%synergy
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23%synergy
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22%synergy
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21%synergy
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22%synergy
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19%synergy
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21%synergy
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18%synergy
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16%synergy
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17%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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13%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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11%synergy
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43%synergy
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45%synergy
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33%synergy
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24%synergy
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25%synergy
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21%synergy
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21%synergy
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18%synergy
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18%synergy
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
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9%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
8.3%inclusion22 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Slaughter Pact
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7%synergy
Village Rites
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-2%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
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5%synergy
Feign Death
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
Force of Despair
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4%synergy
Withering Boon
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5%synergy
Soul Shatter
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3%synergy
Tragic Slip
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2%synergy
Sorceries
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49%synergy
Three Visits
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26%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
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45%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
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40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
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24%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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29%synergy
Toxic Deluge
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18%synergy
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29%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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30%synergy
Doomsday
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26%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
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25%synergy
Cruel Tutor
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25%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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22%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
22%inclusion59 decks264 decks
20%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
21%inclusion55 decks264 decks
19%synergy
Chain of Smog
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19%synergy
Bubbling Muck
19%inclusion51 decks264 decks
18%synergy
Victimize
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5%synergy
Exsanguinate
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10%synergy
Sign in Blood
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8%synergy
Damnation
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10%synergy
Night's Whisper
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5%synergy
Profane Tutor
14%inclusion36 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Dark Petition
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12%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
12%inclusion31 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion30 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Buried Alive
11%inclusion28 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Unmarked Grave
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
2%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
5.7%inclusion15 decks264 decks
3%synergy
Unearth
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3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
5.7%inclusion15 decks264 decks
1%synergy
Read the Bones
5.7%inclusion15 decks264 decks
0%synergy
Blood Tithe
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5%synergy
Beseech the Queen
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Persist
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
50%inclusion132 decks264 decks
44%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
44%inclusion116 decks264 decks
43%synergy
The One Ring
42%inclusion111 decks264 decks
34%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
42%inclusion111 decks264 decks
15%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
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31%synergy
Bontu's Monument
36%inclusion94 decks264 decks
34%synergy
Defense Grid
32%inclusion84 decks264 decks
31%synergy
Skullclamp
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14%synergy
Scroll Rack
19%inclusion51 decks264 decks
18%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
16%inclusion43 decks264 decks
13%synergy
Demon's Horn
14%inclusion36 decks264 decks
13%synergy
Altar of Dementia
13%inclusion34 decks264 decks
11%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
12%inclusion31 decks264 decks
11%synergy
Manifold Key
11%inclusion29 decks264 decks
10%synergy
Golem's Heart
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10%synergy
Codex Shredder
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9%synergy
The Endstone
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9%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
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9%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
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8%synergy
Prism Ring
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8%synergy
Commander's Plate
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5%synergy
Expedition Map
7.2%inclusion19 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
7.2%inclusion19 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Voltaic Key
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
5%synergy
Mithril Coat
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
2%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
5.7%inclusion15 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Whip of Erebos
5.7%inclusion15 decks264 decks
2%synergy
Mindcrank
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Brotherhood Regalia
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Black Market Connections
39%inclusion103 decks264 decks
27%synergy
Exquisite Blood
36%inclusion95 decks264 decks
31%synergy
Animate Dead
30%inclusion79 decks264 decks
21%synergy
Grave Pact
23%inclusion60 decks264 decks
18%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
22%inclusion59 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Sanguine Bond
22%inclusion58 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Bitterblossom
22%inclusion57 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Heartless Summoning
17%inclusion45 decks264 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
16%inclusion43 decks264 decks
1%synergy
Tombstone Stairwell
14%inclusion38 decks264 decks
14%synergy
Biotransference
14%inclusion37 decks264 decks
13%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
13%inclusion35 decks264 decks
10%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
13%inclusion35 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
11%inclusion28 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Necromancy
9.1%inclusion24 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Font of Agonies
8.7%inclusion23 decks264 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
25%inclusion65 decks264 decks
23%synergy
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
20%inclusion52 decks264 decks
18%synergy
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
13%inclusion35 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Liliana Vess
10%inclusion26 decks264 decks
9%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
63%inclusion167 decks264 decks
54%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
54%inclusion143 decks264 decks
49%synergy
Urza's Saga
50%inclusion133 decks264 decks
43%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
34%inclusion91 decks264 decks
30%synergy
Lake of the Dead
29%inclusion76 decks264 decks
28%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
28%inclusion74 decks264 decks
27%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
28%inclusion73 decks264 decks
19%synergy
Crystal Vein
26%inclusion69 decks264 decks
25%synergy
City of Traitors
23%inclusion62 decks264 decks
22%synergy
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion58 decks264 decks
-8%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
21%inclusion55 decks264 decks
18%synergy
High Market
19%inclusion51 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
19%inclusion49 decks264 decks
15%synergy
Deserted Temple
18%inclusion48 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
18%inclusion47 decks264 decks
15%synergy
Vault of Whispers
17%inclusion44 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Peat Bog
16%inclusion42 decks264 decks
15%synergy
Barad-dûr
15%inclusion40 decks264 decks
13%synergy
Rogue's Passage
15%inclusion39 decks264 decks
-5%synergy
Emergence Zone
14%inclusion38 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Witch's Cottage
14%inclusion36 decks264 decks
10%synergy
Reliquary Tower
13%inclusion35 decks264 decks
-16%synergy
Command Beacon
12%inclusion32 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Castle Locthwain
10%inclusion27 decks264 decks
7%synergy
War Room
9.5%inclusion25 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
8.7%inclusion23 decks264 decks
6%synergy
The Black Gate
8.3%inclusion22 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
8.0%inclusion21 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Blast Zone
7.6%inclusion20 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7.2%inclusion19 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
6.8%inclusion18 decks264 decks
7%synergy
Swarmyard
6.8%inclusion18 decks264 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
97%inclusion255 decks264 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion189 decks264 decks
-1%synergy
The Soul Stone
53%inclusion139 decks264 decks
49%synergy
Lotus Petal
52%inclusion138 decks264 decks
45%synergy
Mox Opal
33%inclusion86 decks264 decks
28%synergy
Mox Amber
33%inclusion86 decks264 decks
28%synergy
Mox Diamond
29%inclusion77 decks264 decks
25%synergy
Fellwar Stone
29%inclusion77 decks264 decks
9%synergy
Grim Monolith
26%inclusion69 decks264 decks
24%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
25%inclusion65 decks264 decks
23%synergy
Mind Stone
22%inclusion59 decks264 decks
8%synergy
Thought Vessel
16%inclusion41 decks264 decks
-2%synergy
Springleaf Drum
11%inclusion28 decks264 decks
8%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
9.5%inclusion25 decks264 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.5%inclusion25 decks264 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8.7%inclusion23 decks264 decks
5%synergy
Chromatic Star
6.4%inclusion17 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Lotus Bloom
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
6%synergy
Throne of Eldraine
6.1%inclusion16 decks264 decks
4%synergy
Lands
Godless Shrine
100%inclusion3 decks3 decks
59%synergy
Blood Crypt
75%inclusion3 decks4 decks
37%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Underground Mortuary
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
37%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
43%inclusion114 decks264 decks
38%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
31%inclusion83 decks264 decks
21%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
31%inclusion83 decks264 decks
20%synergy
Marsh Flats
29%inclusion77 decks264 decks
19%synergy
Polluted Delta
28%inclusion74 decks264 decks
16%synergy
Cavern of Souls
27%inclusion70 decks264 decks
19%synergy
Prismatic Vista
22%inclusion57 decks264 decks
17%synergy
Urza's Cave
19%inclusion49 decks264 decks
16%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
14%inclusion37 decks264 decks
12%synergy
Command Tower
10%inclusion27 decks264 decks
-64%synergy
Fabled Passage
5.3%inclusion14 decks264 decks
-4%synergy