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
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5.6%inclusion105 decks1.88K decks
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
Altar of Dementia
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7%synergy
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-6%synergy
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-25%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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1%synergy
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-1%synergy
Enchantments
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34%synergy
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6%synergy
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11%synergy
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6%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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Planeswalkers
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13%synergy
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54%synergy
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Bojuka Bog
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29%inclusion30 decks105 decks
22%synergy
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High Market
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20%synergy
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
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16%synergy
The Black Gate
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15%synergy
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16%inclusion17 decks105 decks
6%synergy
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14%inclusion15 decks105 decks
5%synergy
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6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
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-6%synergy
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11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
10%synergy
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Kher Keep
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6%synergy
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Volatile Fault
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7%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
7.6%inclusion8 decks105 decks
-2%synergy
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4%synergy
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-2%synergy
Field of Ruin
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Emergence Zone
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3%synergy
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Ghost Quarter
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4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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10%synergy
Arcane Signet
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Rakdos Signet
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-9%synergy
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Mind Stone
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17%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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-11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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3%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
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6%synergy
Liquimetal Torque
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2%synergy
Thought Vessel
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-12%synergy
Jeweled Lotus
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Lands
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Fabled Passage
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38%synergy
Mount Doom
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13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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28%synergy
Polluted Delta
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24%synergy
Graven Cairns
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3%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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Arid Mesa
31%inclusion33 decks105 decks
23%synergy
Marsh Flats
30%inclusion32 decks105 decks
22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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13%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
28%inclusion29 decks105 decks
20%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
26%inclusion27 decks105 decks
-20%synergy
Scalding Tarn
24%inclusion25 decks105 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-8%synergy
Tainted Peak
23%inclusion24 decks105 decks
-19%synergy
Temple of Malice
21%inclusion22 decks105 decks
-13%synergy
Wooded Foothills
20%inclusion21 decks105 decks
13%synergy
Raucous Theater
18%inclusion19 decks105 decks
-3%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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-17%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
16%inclusion17 decks105 decks
-17%synergy
Badlands
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2%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
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-6%synergy
Canyon Slough
11%inclusion12 decks105 decks
-8%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
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6%synergy
Rocky Tar Pit
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3%synergy
Maestros Theater
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3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-10%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
5.7%inclusion6 decks105 decks
-13%synergy