Phyrexian Altar
Pawn of Ulamog

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
The Balrog in the command zone.
Phyrexian Altar and Pawn of Ulamog on the battlefield.
The Balrog must be your commander.
There have been a number of permanents sacrificed this turn equal to five plus The Balrog's commander tax.
available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast The Balrog from the command zone by paying .
2
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing The Balrog, adding .
3
Choose to return The Balrog to the command zone from your graveyard.
4
When The Balrog dies, it and Pawn of Ulamog trigger.
5
Resolve the Balrog trigger, destroying any artifact and/or creature an opponent controls.
6
Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
7
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Eldrazi Spawn, adding .
8
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite commander casts
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
5.3%inclusion105 decks1.99K decks
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High Synergy Cards
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77%synergy
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Instants
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3%synergy
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Barter in Blood
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
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3%synergy
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-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Reaver Cleaver
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43%synergy
Skullclamp
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19%synergy
Beamtown Beatstick
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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-1%synergy
Embercleave
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
10%synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
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Shadowspear
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6%synergy
Lightning Greaves
10%inclusion11 decks105 decks
-24%synergy
Diamond Pick-Axe
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7%synergy
Nazgûl Battle-Mace
8.6%inclusion9 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Nim Deathmantle
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6%synergy
Altar of Dementia
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4%synergy
Vat of Rebirth
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4%synergy
Oni-Cult Anvil
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4%synergy
Two-Handed Axe
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Mithril Coat
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Urabrask's Forge
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1%synergy
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0%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
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-26%synergy
Enchantments
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36%synergy
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Grave Pact
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21%synergy
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Rain of Riches
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Bitterblossom
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13%synergy
Sticky Fingers
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13%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
15%inclusion16 decks105 decks
9%synergy
Curse of Opulence
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9%synergy
Sarkhan's Unsealing
13%inclusion14 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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7%synergy
Blight Mound
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12%synergy
Rakdos Joins Up
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8%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
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7%synergy
City on Fire
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5%synergy
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Chthonian Nightmare
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8%synergy
Obsessive Pursuit
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Open the Graves
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8%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
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5%synergy
Black Market
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2%synergy
Animate Dead
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-3%synergy
Planeswalkers
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31%synergy
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21%synergy
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12%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
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6%synergy
Utility Lands
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35%synergy
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36%inclusion38 decks105 decks
17%synergy
Bojuka Bog
35%inclusion37 decks105 decks
0%synergy
Rogue's Passage
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
12%synergy
Command Beacon
29%inclusion30 decks105 decks
22%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
27%inclusion28 decks105 decks
21%synergy
High Market
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
19%inclusion20 decks105 decks
17%synergy
The Black Gate
17%inclusion18 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
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8%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Barad-dûr
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
11%synergy
Urza's Saga
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Kher Keep
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8%synergy
Cabal Coffers
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1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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-8%synergy
Castle Locthwain
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3%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
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-1%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
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5%synergy
Volatile Fault
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7%synergy
Ghost Quarter
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6%synergy
Emergence Zone
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4%synergy
Witch's Clinic
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
0%synergy
Arena of Glory
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-2%synergy
Strip Mine
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Wasteland
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5%synergy
Field of Ruin
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4%synergy
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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9%synergy
Arcane Signet
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2%synergy
Rakdos Signet
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-6%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
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-5%synergy
Mind Stone
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-3%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-11%synergy
Lotus Petal
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14%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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4%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
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5%synergy
The Soul Stone
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3%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
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1%synergy
Thought Vessel
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-12%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
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5%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
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10%synergy
Blood Crypt
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24%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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33%synergy
Luxury Suite
57%inclusion60 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
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10%synergy
Haunted Ridge
50%inclusion53 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
50%inclusion53 decks105 decks
-13%synergy
Fabled Passage
47%inclusion49 decks105 decks
38%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
42%inclusion44 decks105 decks
19%synergy
Mount Doom
41%inclusion43 decks105 decks
25%synergy
Graven Cairns
39%inclusion41 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Polluted Delta
34%inclusion36 decks105 decks
26%synergy
Arid Mesa
34%inclusion36 decks105 decks
26%synergy
Blazemire Verge
33%inclusion30 decks92 decks
2%synergy
Marsh Flats
32%inclusion34 decks105 decks
24%synergy
Prismatic Vista
30%inclusion32 decks105 decks
25%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
30%inclusion32 decks105 decks
15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
23%synergy
Evolving Wilds
30%inclusion31 decks105 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion27 decks105 decks
-5%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
26%inclusion27 decks105 decks
-20%synergy
Scalding Tarn
25%inclusion26 decks105 decks
18%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion26 decks105 decks
6%synergy
Tainted Peak
25%inclusion26 decks105 decks
-18%synergy
Wooded Foothills
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
14%synergy
Raucous Theater
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
-1%synergy
Temple of Malice
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
-14%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
-15%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
17%inclusion18 decks105 decks
-15%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
16%inclusion17 decks105 decks
-4%synergy
Badlands
15%inclusion16 decks105 decks
2%synergy
Canyon Slough
12%inclusion13 decks105 decks
-7%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
8.1%inclusion8 decks99 decks
7%synergy
Rocky Tar Pit
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
5%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.7%inclusion7 decks105 decks
-9%synergy
Demolition Field
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-1%synergy