Valentin, Dean of the Vein
Spike Feeder
Crystalline Crawler

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
Dean of the Root. Spike Feeder has at least two +1/+1 counters on it.
1 available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Spike Feeder's second ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, causing you to gain two life.
2
Lisette triggers, causing you to pay 1 to put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
3
Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding 1.
4
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers
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3%synergy
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Utility Lands
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25%synergy
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7%synergy
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21%synergy
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11%synergy
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9%synergy
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3%synergy
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Mosswort Bridge
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Mana Artifacts
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32%synergy
Golgari Signet
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Staff of Compleation
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Paradise Plume
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
Lands
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17%synergy
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Temple Garden
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Godless Shrine
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Llanowar Wastes
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39%synergy
Tainted Wood
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45%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
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24%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
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Undergrowth Stadium
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Golgari Rot Farm
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Verdant Catacombs
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31%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
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31%synergy
Jungle Hollow
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30%synergy
Twilight Mire
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23%synergy
Deathcap Glade
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18%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
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24%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
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21%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
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Exotic Orchard
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Blooming Marsh
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17%synergy
Temple of Malady
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City of Brass
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13%synergy
Underground Mortuary
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5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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2%synergy
Vernal Fen
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
9%synergy
Viridescent Bog
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8%synergy
Marsh Flats
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6%synergy
Wastewood Verge
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9%synergy
Blighted Woodland
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10%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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10%synergy
Bayou
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1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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-6%synergy
Festering Thicket
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8%synergy
Mana Confluence
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6%synergy
Windswept Heath
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2%synergy
Woodland Chasm
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8%synergy
Haunted Mire
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3%synergy
Fabled Passage
9.1%inclusion5 decks55 decks
0%synergy
Wooded Foothills
9.1%inclusion5 decks55 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
9.1%inclusion5 decks55 decks
-2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
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-2%synergy
Polluted Delta
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-3%synergy
Brokers Hideout
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4%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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0%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.5%inclusion3 decks55 decks
-17%synergy