Fain, the Broker
Thornbite Staff
Maskwood Nexus
Xathrid Necromancer
1

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
You control at least one additional creature. Thornbite Staff attached to Fain. Fain does not have summoning sickness.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Fain's first ability by tapping it and sacrificing a creature.
2
The creature dies, triggering Xathrid Necromancer and Fain.
3
Resolve the Xathrid Necromancer trigger, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
4
Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it.
5
Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, putting two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.
6
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite +1/+1 counters
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar // Haunted One
0.55% of 546 decks 3 decks
Fain, the Broker
0.31% of 318 decks 1 decks
Ellyn Harbreeze, Busybody // Haunted One
1.01% of 99 decks 1 decks
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
0.01% of 16633 decks 1 decks
High Synergy Cards
Ashnod's Altar
100% of 6 decks +93% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
100% of 6 decks +92% synergy
Victimize
83% of 6 decks +71% synergy
Retribution of the Ancients
67% of 6 decks +66% synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
67% of 6 decks +65% synergy
Witch's Cottage
67% of 6 decks +63% synergy
Grim Haruspex
67% of 6 decks +63% synergy
Phyrexian Altar
67% of 6 decks +63% synergy
War Room
67% of 6 decks +61% synergy
Reanimate
67% of 6 decks +50% synergy
Game Changers
Seedborn Muse
100% of 1 decks +92% synergy
Enlightened Tutor
100% of 1 decks +83% synergy
Demonic Tutor
50% of 6 decks +29% synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
17% of 6 decks -1% synergy
Creatures
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
100% of 1 decks +100% synergy
Cemetery Protector
100% of 1 decks +100% synergy
Hopeful Initiate
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Reverent Hoplite
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
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Sister Hospitaller
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Savra, Queen of the Golgari
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Scholar of New Horizons
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Village Bell-Ringer
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Jirina, Dauntless General
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Spinner of Souls
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Coppercoat Vanguard
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Company Commander
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Lord of Extinction
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Twitching Doll
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Verdant Sun's Avatar
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
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100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Dina, Soul Steeper
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
General's Enforcer
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Commissar Severina Raine
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Thalisse, Reverent Medium
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Spore Frog
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Cathar Commando
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Devoted Druid
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Teysa Karlov
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Poison-Tip Archer
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Marionette Apprentice
100% of 2 decks +95% synergy
Soul Warden
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Knight of the White Orchid
100% of 1 decks +94% synergy
Avenger of Zendikar
100% of 1 decks +91% synergy
Reclamation Sage
100% of 1 decks +90% synergy
Deathrite Shaman
100% of 1 decks +88% synergy
Fyndhorn Elves
100% of 1 decks +88% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
100% of 1 decks +82% synergy
Eternal Witness
100% of 1 decks +80% synergy
Jerren, Corrupted Bishop
50% of 6 decks +50% synergy
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50% of 6 decks +50% synergy
Taborax, Hope's Demise
50% of 6 decks +50% synergy
Skemfar Shadowsage
50% of 6 decks +49% synergy
Ghoulcaller Gisa
50% of 6 decks +49% synergy
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50% of 2 decks +49% synergy
Persistent Constrictor
50% of 2 decks +49% synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
50% of 2 decks +48% synergy
Disciple of Bolas
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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
50% of 6 decks +47% synergy
Morbid Opportunist
50% of 6 decks +44% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50% of 6 decks +41% synergy
Instants
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Arachnogenesis
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
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100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Clever Concealment
100% of 1 decks +96% synergy
Anguished Unmaking
100% of 1 decks +76% synergy
Generous Gift
100% of 1 decks +75% synergy
Beast Within
100% of 1 decks +63% synergy
Swords to Plowshares
100% of 1 decks +37% synergy
Flare of Malice
50% of 2 decks +48% synergy
Withering Torment
50% of 2 decks +42% synergy
Village Rites
50% of 6 decks +40% synergy
Deadly Dispute
50% of 6 decks +39% synergy
Defile
33% of 6 decks +30% synergy
Tragic Slip
33% of 6 decks +30% synergy
Deadly Rollick
33% of 6 decks +22% synergy
Deadly Derision
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Drag to the Underworld
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Power Word Kill
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Body Count
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Overwhelming Remorse
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Force of Despair
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Fake Your Own Death
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Doom Blade
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Feign Death
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Baleful Mastery
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Culling the Weak
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Cabal Ritual
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +10% synergy
Infernal Grasp
17% of 6 decks +10% synergy
Entomb
17% of 6 decks +9% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17% of 6 decks +9% synergy
Dark Ritual
17% of 6 decks -6% synergy
Sorceries
Gaea's Blessing
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Visions of Glory
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Increasing Devotion
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Ascend from Avernus
100% of 1 decks +98% synergy
Triumph of the Hordes
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Damn
100% of 1 decks +84% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
50% of 2 decks +43% synergy
Diabolic Intent
50% of 6 decks +42% synergy
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50% of 6 decks +33% synergy
Mutilate
33% of 6 decks +32% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
33% of 6 decks +30% synergy
Dread Return
33% of 6 decks +28% synergy
Exsanguinate
33% of 6 decks +27% synergy
Toxic Deluge
33% of 6 decks +15% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Beacon of Unrest
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Chain of Smog
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Unmarked Grave
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Kindred Dominance
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +7% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Halo Fountain
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50% of 6 decks +47% synergy
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50% of 6 decks +38% synergy
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40% of 5 decks +39% synergy
Cauldron of Souls
33% of 6 decks +33% synergy
Magewright's Stone
33% of 6 decks +33% synergy
Crowded Crypt
33% of 6 decks +32% synergy
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33% of 6 decks +31% synergy
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Transmogrant's Crown
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Animation Module
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Pyre of Heroes
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Power Conduit
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
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17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Mycosynth Lattice
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Clock of Omens
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17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Trading Post
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Rings of Brighthearth
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Door of Destinies
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Staff of Domination
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Vat of Rebirth
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The Ozolith
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Whip of Erebos
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Commander's Sphere
17% of 6 decks +2% synergy
Lightning Greaves
17% of 6 decks -8% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
17% of 6 decks -11% synergy
Enchantments
Delaying Shield
100% of 1 decks +100% synergy
Phyrexian Unlife
100% of 1 decks +100% synergy
Solemnity
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Etchings of the Chosen
100% of 1 decks +97% synergy
Anointed Procession
100% of 1 decks +92% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
50% of 6 decks +45% synergy
Black Market Connections
50% of 6 decks +39% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
33% of 6 decks +30% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
33% of 6 decks +27% synergy
Necrosynthesis
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Dark Tutelage
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Conspiracy
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Biotransference
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Agent of the Iron Throne
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Revel in Riches
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Black Market
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Grave Pact
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Planeswalkers
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Lolth, Spider Queen
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Professor Onyx
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
17% of 6 decks +13% synergy
Utility Lands
Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
100% of 1 decks +99% synergy
Windbrisk Heights
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Castle Ardenvale
100% of 1 decks +95% synergy
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
100% of 1 decks +93% synergy
Vault of the Archangel
100% of 1 decks +88% synergy
Castle Locthwain
50% of 6 decks +45% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
50% of 6 decks +45% synergy
Three Tree City
50% of 2 decks +45% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
50% of 6 decks +41% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
50% of 6 decks +40% synergy
Cabal Coffers
50% of 6 decks +40% synergy
Reliquary Tower
50% of 6 decks +20% synergy
Westvale Abbey
33% of 6 decks +31% synergy
Cabal Stronghold
33% of 6 decks +30% synergy
Bojuka Bog
33% of 6 decks +3% synergy
Barad-dûr
20% of 5 decks +18% synergy
Dark Depths
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Field of Ruin
17% of 6 decks +15% synergy
Ghost Quarter
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Treasure Vault
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
High Market
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Vault of Whispers
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Mortuary Mire
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Karn's Bastion
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Buried Ruin
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
17% of 6 decks +7% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Talisman of Hierarchy
100% of 1 decks +75% synergy
Sol Ring
100% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Patriar's Seal
67% of 6 decks +65% synergy
Arcane Signet
67% of 6 decks -6% synergy
Patchwork Banner
50% of 2 decks +45% synergy
Sceptre of Eternal Glory
17% of 6 decks +16% synergy
Basalt Monolith
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Thought Vessel
17% of 6 decks -0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
17% of 6 decks -4% synergy
Lands
Golgari Guildgate
100% of 1 decks +94% synergy
Darkbore Pathway
100% of 1 decks +92% synergy
Deathcap Glade
100% of 1 decks +86% synergy
Temple of Silence
100% of 1 decks +82% synergy
Caves of Koilos
100% of 1 decks +71% synergy
Isolated Chapel
100% of 1 decks +70% synergy
Command Tower
33% of 6 decks -41% synergy
Demolition Field
17% of 6 decks +14% synergy
Prismatic Vista
17% of 6 decks +12% synergy
Fabled Passage
17% of 6 decks +8% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17% of 6 decks +1% synergy
Myriad Landscape
17% of 6 decks -2% synergy
Evolving Wilds
17% of 6 decks -4% synergy
Path of Ancestry
17% of 6 decks -5% synergy