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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0.1%inclusion4 decks5.37K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks6.06K decks
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0.3%inclusion1 decks367 decks
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New Cards
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3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
3%synergy
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3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
2%synergy
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3.1%inclusion1 decks32 decks
3%synergy
Foggy Swamp Visions
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2%synergy
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1%synergy
High Synergy Cards
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86%synergy
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79%inclusion37 decks47 decks
76%synergy
Dark Ritual
86%inclusion57 decks66 decks
62%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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62%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
64%inclusion42 decks66 decks
59%synergy
Jet Medallion
61%inclusion40 decks66 decks
57%synergy
Blood Pet
53%inclusion35 decks66 decks
52%synergy
Culling the Weak
50%inclusion33 decks66 decks
46%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
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45%synergy
Cabal Ritual
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45%synergy
Top Cards
Lightning Greaves
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33%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
55%inclusion36 decks66 decks
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Reanimate
53%inclusion35 decks66 decks
34%synergy
Blood Artist
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40%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
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40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
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32%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
44%inclusion29 decks66 decks
42%synergy
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42%synergy
Toxic Deluge
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26%synergy
Lavaspur Boots
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41%synergy
Game Changers
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37%synergy
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Ancient Tomb
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18%synergy
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15%synergy
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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14%synergy
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Creatures
Death Cultist
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
41%synergy
Crypt Ghast
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
36%synergy
Doom Whisperer
39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
38%synergy
Boggart Trawler
39%inclusion24 decks62 decks
35%synergy
Carrion Feeder
36%inclusion24 decks66 decks
32%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
33%inclusion22 decks66 decks
32%synergy
Warren Soultrader
32%inclusion20 decks62 decks
27%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
29%synergy
Gravecrawler
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
18%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
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15%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
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19%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Qarsi Sadist
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18%synergy
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15%synergy
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14%synergy
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11%synergy
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17%synergy
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16%synergy
Overeager Apprentice
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17%synergy
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15%synergy
Ophiomancer
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13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
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4%synergy
Marionette Apprentice
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11%synergy
Diamond Lion
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15%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
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10%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
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11%synergy
Diamond Mare
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
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12%synergy
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Memnite
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11%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
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10%synergy
Marauding Blight-Priest
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9%synergy
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9%synergy
Midnight Reaper
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9%synergy
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9%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
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10%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
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31%synergy
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31%synergy
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19%synergy
Insidious Dreams
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26%synergy
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Deadly Rollick
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9%synergy
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20%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
Fatal Push
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14%synergy
Sacrifice
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14%synergy
Hagra Mauling
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
Cut Down
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13%synergy
Dismember
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
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12%synergy
Songs of the Damned
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11%synergy
Undying Malice
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10%synergy
Null Elemental Blast
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10%synergy
Defile
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7%synergy
Tragic Slip
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7%synergy
Saw in Half
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6%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Consuming Corruption
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8%synergy
Sudden Edict
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Rain of Filth
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8%synergy
Hero's Downfall
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7%synergy
Not Dead After All
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6%synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
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7%synergy
Soul Shatter
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5%synergy
Tainted Pact
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4%synergy
Flare of Malice
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4%synergy
Drag to the Underworld
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6%synergy
Withering Boon
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5%synergy
Crypt Incursion
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5%synergy
Doom Blade
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4%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
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4%synergy
Feign Death
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4%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
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3%synergy
Sorceries
Exsanguinate
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28%synergy
Beseech the Mirror
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
29%synergy
Diabolic Intent
30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Bubbling Muck
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
27%synergy
Victimize
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
27%inclusion17 decks64 decks
24%synergy
Doomsday
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Buried Alive
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Sign in Blood
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Duress
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
17%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Cruel Tutor
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Dark Petition
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Chain of Smog
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Zof Consumption
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Read the Bones
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
15%inclusion9 decks60 decks
9%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Grim Tutor
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Dread Return
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Living Death
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Damnation
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Night's Whisper
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Pelakka Predation
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Profane Tutor
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
11%inclusion7 decks62 decks
11%synergy
Final Parting
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Beseech the Queen
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Unearth
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Morality Shift
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Forever Young
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Lively Dirge
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4%synergy
Blood Tithe
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Illicit Shipment
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Exhume
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Persist
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4%synergy
Dark Deal
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ashnod's Altar
38%inclusion25 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Defense Grid
33%inclusion22 decks66 decks
32%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
25%synergy
Codex Shredder
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
23%synergy
Altar of Dementia
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Skullclamp
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Conjurer's Bauble
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
16%synergy
The One Ring
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Brainstone
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Demon's Horn
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
13%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
13%inclusion7 decks52 decks
10%synergy
Scroll Rack
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Engineered Explosives
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Prism Ring
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Expedition Map
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Fountainport Bell
6.5%inclusion4 decks62 decks
6%synergy
The Endstone
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5%synergy
Golem's Heart
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Voltaic Key
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5%synergy
Moonsilver Key
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Manifold Key
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
23%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
21%synergy
Exquisite Blood
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Font of Agonies
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Heartless Summoning
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
20%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
6%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Black Market Connections
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Sanguine Bond
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Grave Pact
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Bitterblossom
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Black Market
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Tortured Existence
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Underworld Dreams
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Vampiric Rites
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Leshrac's Sigil
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Carnival of Souls
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Blight Mound
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
24%inclusion12 decks50 decks
22%synergy
Liliana Vess
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Professor Onyx
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
5.6%inclusion3 decks54 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Cabal Coffers
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
30%synergy
Castle Locthwain
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
28%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
2%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
28%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Witch's Cottage
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
21%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
24%inclusion15 decks62 decks
21%synergy
Crystal Vein
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
20%synergy
Swarmyard
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
20%synergy
War Room
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
21%inclusion12 decks58 decks
20%synergy
Peat Bog
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
18%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
-2%synergy
Urza's Saga
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
10%synergy
City of Traitors
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
14%synergy
The Black Gate
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Lake of the Dead
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
12%synergy
High Market
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Vault of Whispers
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Inventors' Fair
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Emergence Zone
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Command Beacon
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
7.8%inclusion4 decks51 decks
4%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
-22%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
6.3%inclusion3 decks48 decks
4%synergy
Blast Zone
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Field of Ruin
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91%inclusion60 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Signet
70%inclusion46 decks66 decks
-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion22 decks66 decks
13%synergy
The Soul Stone
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
17%synergy
Lotus Petal
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
20%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Mox Opal
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Springleaf Drum
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Mox Diamond
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Star
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Nyx Lotus
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
-5%synergy
Lotus Bloom
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Polluted Delta
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Cavern of Souls
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
11%inclusion7 decks62 decks
9%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Command Tower
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
-64%synergy
Myriad Landscape
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-12%synergy
Ash Barrens
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
1%synergy