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
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22%synergy
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17%synergy
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
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36%synergy
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35%synergy
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7%synergy
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4%synergy
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Sorceries
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Doomsday
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26%synergy
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13%synergy
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21%synergy
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19%synergy
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19%synergy
Dark Petition
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18%synergy
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14%synergy
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12%synergy
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13%synergy
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15%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
Grim Tutor
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10%synergy
Living Death
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9%synergy
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10%synergy
Dread Return
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8%synergy
Damnation
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6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
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Cruelclaw's Heist
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11%synergy
Final Parting
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10%synergy
Profane Tutor
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9%synergy
Beseech the Queen
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8%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
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8%synergy
Unearth
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6%synergy
Pilfer
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7%synergy
Morality Shift
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6%synergy
Blood Tithe
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
Persist
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
Exhume
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4%synergy
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4%synergy
Dark Deal
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3%synergy
Syphon Mind
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2%synergy
Utility Artifacts
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44%synergy
Defense Grid
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38%synergy
Codex Shredder
34%inclusion27 decks79 decks
33%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
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28%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
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27%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
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27%synergy
Altar of Dementia
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24%synergy
The One Ring
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13%synergy
Brainstone
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20%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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17%synergy
Scroll Rack
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18%synergy
Skullclamp
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7%synergy
Conjurer's Bauble
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16%synergy
Demon's Horn
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11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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4%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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7%synergy
Engineered Explosives
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10%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
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10%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
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9%synergy
Manifold Key
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7%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
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6%synergy
Expedition Map
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5%synergy
Golem's Heart
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6%synergy
Prism Ring
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6%synergy
Voltaic Key
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5%synergy
Moonsilver Key
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5%synergy
Mindcrank
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5%synergy
Fountainport Bell
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Wand of Vertebrae
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5%synergy
Enchantments
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28%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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24%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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19%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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17%synergy
Font of Agonies
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22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Black Market Connections
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4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
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8%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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7%synergy
Grave Pact
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6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
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5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
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5%synergy
Black Market
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3%synergy
Tortured Existence
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Underworld Dreams
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
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3%synergy
Bitterblossom
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2%synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
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5%synergy
Carnival of Souls
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5%synergy
Blight Mound
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5%synergy
Dance of the Dead
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4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
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3%synergy
Vampiric Rites
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3%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
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1%synergy
Planeswalkers
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27%synergy
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
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25%synergy
Professor Onyx
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19%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
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5%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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35%synergy
Cabal Coffers
41%inclusion32 decks79 decks
31%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
37%inclusion29 decks79 decks
36%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
30%inclusion24 decks79 decks
30%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion23 decks79 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
28%inclusion22 decks79 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
28%inclusion22 decks79 decks
-2%synergy
Witch's Cottage
24%inclusion19 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Crystal Vein
23%inclusion18 decks79 decks
22%synergy
Swarmyard
23%inclusion18 decks79 decks
21%synergy
Rogue's Passage
23%inclusion18 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
22%inclusion17 decks76 decks
20%synergy
Peat Bog
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
21%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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12%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
19%inclusion14 decks72 decks
19%synergy
The Black Gate
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Urza's Saga
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
12%synergy
City of Traitors
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Vault of Whispers
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Lake of the Dead
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Emergence Zone
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
8%synergy
Inventors' Fair
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
6%synergy
High Market
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Command Beacon
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
6.2%inclusion4 decks65 decks
2%synergy
Blast Zone
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
4%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Field of Ruin
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
3%synergy
Barren Moor
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Reliquary Tower
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
-25%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion74 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
71%inclusion56 decks79 decks
-1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
38%inclusion30 decks79 decks
18%synergy
Lotus Petal
34%inclusion27 decks79 decks
27%synergy
The Soul Stone
33%inclusion20 decks61 decks
29%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion25 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Mox Opal
23%inclusion18 decks79 decks
18%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion14 decks79 decks
0%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
14%synergy
Chromatic Star
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Springleaf Drum
14%inclusion11 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
11%synergy
Lotus Bloom
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
10%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-4%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.3%inclusion5 decks79 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
28%inclusion22 decks79 decks
17%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
27%inclusion21 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Polluted Delta
27%inclusion21 decks79 decks
15%synergy
Marsh Flats
24%inclusion19 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
22%inclusion17 decks79 decks
16%synergy
Cavern of Souls
20%inclusion16 decks79 decks
13%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
18%inclusion11 decks61 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Vista
16%inclusion13 decks79 decks
12%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
13%inclusion10 decks76 decks
11%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
11%inclusion9 decks79 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion8 decks79 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.9%inclusion7 decks79 decks
-7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-13%synergy
Command Tower
7.6%inclusion6 decks79 decks
-67%synergy
Ash Barrens
5.1%inclusion4 decks79 decks
0%synergy