Mortuary
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Woe Strider
Bolas's Citadel

   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.

   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 Woe Strider by sacrificing Gray Merchant.
4
When Gray Merchant dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Gray Merchant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
5
Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
6
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifeloss
Gwenom, Remorseless
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Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
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K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
0.0%inclusion6 decks19.1K decks
Syr Konrad, the Grim
0.1%inclusion5 decks5.58K decks
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
0.0%inclusion3 decks8.05K decks
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
0.0%inclusion2 decks6.56K decks
Ayara, First of Locthwain
0.0%inclusion2 decks6.44K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks4.29K decks
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
0.3%inclusion1 decks304 decks
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0.1%inclusion1 decks1.41K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks2.88K decks
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
0.2%inclusion1 decks404 decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks10.2K decks
Egon, God of Death
0.3%inclusion1 decks327 decks
Tergrid, God of Fright
0.0%inclusion1 decks11.4K decks
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
0.1%inclusion1 decks1.12K decks
New Cards
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19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
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8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
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6.9%inclusion2 decks29 decks
6%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
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86%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
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76%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
70%inclusion66 decks94 decks
67%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
69%inclusion65 decks94 decks
65%synergy
Dark Ritual
86%inclusion81 decks94 decks
62%synergy
Jet Medallion
64%inclusion60 decks94 decks
60%synergy
Blood Pet
59%inclusion55 decks94 decks
57%synergy
Cabal Ritual
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53%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
53%inclusion50 decks94 decks
53%synergy
Culling the Weak
55%inclusion52 decks94 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Lightning Greaves
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39%synergy
Reanimate
56%inclusion53 decks94 decks
37%synergy
Blood Artist
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43%synergy
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37%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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26%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
52%inclusion49 decks94 decks
50%synergy
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34%synergy
Death Cultist
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50%synergy
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42%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
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46%synergy
Game Changers
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40%synergy
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27%synergy
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20%synergy
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22%synergy
Imperial Seal
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21%synergy
Mana Vault
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20%synergy
The One Ring
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15%synergy
Chrome Mox
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Grim Monolith
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Mox Diamond
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Creatures
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45%synergy
Boggart Trawler
45%inclusion41 decks92 decks
41%synergy
Crypt Ghast
43%inclusion40 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
40%synergy
Warren Soultrader
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
27%synergy
Gravecrawler
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
27%synergy
Carrion Feeder
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
25%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Ornithopter
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
23%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
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21%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
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18%synergy
Memnite
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22%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
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15%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
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12%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
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12%synergy
Fear of Lost Teeth
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19%synergy
Diamond Lion
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19%synergy
Opposition Agent
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13%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
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16%synergy
Qarsi Sadist
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17%synergy
Overeager Apprentice
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17%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
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17%synergy
Forsaken Miner
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16%synergy
Phyrexian Walker
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15%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
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13%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
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11%synergy
Shield Sphere
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14%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
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14%synergy
Ophiomancer
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11%synergy
Plaguecrafter
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11%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
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11%synergy
Grief
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13%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
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6%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
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11%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
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0%synergy
Phyrexian Devourer
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12%synergy
Grim Haruspex
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9%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
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8%synergy
Shambling Ghast
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10%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
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9%synergy
Midnight Reaper
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8%synergy
Massacre Wurm
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6%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
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10%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
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5%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
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38%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
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38%synergy
Insidious Dreams
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34%synergy
Deadly Rollick
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18%synergy
Withering Torment
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Sudden Spoiling
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23%synergy
Imp's Mischief
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21%synergy
Village Rites
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13%synergy
Dismember
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17%synergy
Hagra Mauling
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18%synergy
Infernal Grasp
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9%synergy
Snuff Out
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12%synergy
Saw in Half
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12%synergy
Deadly Dispute
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4%synergy
Fatal Push
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14%synergy
Entomb
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8%synergy
Rain of Filth
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Go for the Throat
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6%synergy
Cut Down
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
11%synergy
Defile
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9%synergy
Null Elemental Blast
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10%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
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10%synergy
Sacrifice
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10%synergy
Tragic Slip
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Tainted Pact
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
10%inclusion9 decks92 decks
8%synergy
Songs of the Damned
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Undying Malice
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Flare of Malice
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5%synergy
Not Dead After All
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5%synergy
Sudden Edict
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6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
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2%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
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5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
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5%synergy
Feign Death
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3%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Soul Shatter
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
5.1%inclusion4 decks78 decks
4%synergy
Sorceries
Beseech the Mirror
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Exsanguinate
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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24%synergy
Bubbling Muck
31%inclusion29 decks94 decks
29%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Doomsday
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Victimize
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Duress
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
20%synergy
Sign in Blood
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Cruel Tutor
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Grim Tutor
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Zof Consumption
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Dark Petition
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Chain of Smog
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Buried Alive
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Pelakka Predation
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Night's Whisper
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
11%synergy
Unearth
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Dread Return
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Living Death
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Final Parting
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Pilfer
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Morality Shift
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Persist
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Illicit Shipment
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Forever Young
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Mutilate
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Syphon Mind
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bontu's Monument
44%inclusion41 decks94 decks
42%synergy
Defense Grid
41%inclusion39 decks94 decks
41%synergy
Codex Shredder
36%inclusion34 decks94 decks
35%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
29%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
28%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
29%synergy
Altar of Dementia
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Brainstone
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Scroll Rack
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
18%synergy
Conjurer's Bauble
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Skullclamp
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
14%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Engineered Explosives
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Demon's Horn
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Manifold Key
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Golem's Heart
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Voltaic Key
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Moonsilver Key
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Mindcrank
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
39%inclusion37 decks94 decks
31%synergy
Exquisite Blood
24%inclusion23 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Heartless Summoning
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Font of Agonies
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Black Market Connections
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Grave Pact
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
9%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Sanguine Bond
14%inclusion13 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Black Market
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Bitterblossom
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Tortured Existence
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Underworld Dreams
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
29%inclusion23 decks80 decks
27%synergy
Liliana Vess
27%inclusion25 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Professor Onyx
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
6.0%inclusion5 decks84 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
48%inclusion45 decks94 decks
39%synergy
Cabal Coffers
46%inclusion43 decks94 decks
36%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
38%inclusion36 decks94 decks
38%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
34%inclusion32 decks94 decks
25%synergy
Bojuka Bog
32%inclusion30 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
30%synergy
Castle Locthwain
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
26%synergy
Crystal Vein
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
22%synergy
Rogue's Passage
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Swarmyard
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
21%synergy
Witch's Cottage
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion21 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
22%inclusion20 decks92 decks
19%synergy
Peat Bog
20%inclusion19 decks94 decks
20%synergy
The Black Gate
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
14%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Saga
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
18%inclusion16 decks88 decks
17%synergy
City of Traitors
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Vault of Whispers
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Inventors' Fair
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Emergence Zone
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Lake of the Dead
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Blast Zone
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
7%synergy
High Market
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
6%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Command Beacon
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
4%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-23%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion88 decks94 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion68 decks94 decks
0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
37%inclusion35 decks94 decks
17%synergy
Lotus Petal
35%inclusion33 decks94 decks
28%synergy
The Soul Stone
35%inclusion27 decks77 decks
31%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion27 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Mox Opal
23%inclusion22 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
16%inclusion15 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Chromatic Star
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
14%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Springleaf Drum
15%inclusion14 decks94 decks
13%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
13%inclusion12 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Lotus Bloom
8.5%inclusion8 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-5%synergy
Mox Amber
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
30%inclusion28 decks94 decks
19%synergy
Polluted Delta
28%inclusion26 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
26%inclusion24 decks94 decks
15%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
21%inclusion20 decks94 decks
16%synergy
Cavern of Souls
19%inclusion18 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Vista
17%inclusion16 decks94 decks
12%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
17%inclusion13 decks77 decks
16%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
12%inclusion11 decks92 decks
10%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
12%inclusion11 decks94 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion10 decks94 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
7.4%inclusion7 decks94 decks
-8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.4%inclusion6 decks94 decks
-14%synergy
Command Tower
5.3%inclusion5 decks94 decks
-69%synergy