Songs of the Damned
Chthonian Nightmare
Archaeomancer

  Played with this combo

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Archaeomancer on the battlefield.
Songs of the Damned and Chthonian Nightmare in hand.
You have at least five creature cards in your graveyard, and one of those creature cards has mana value 2 or less.
 available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Songs of the Damned by paying , adding for each creature card in your graveyard.
2
Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying 1.
3
When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get eee.
4
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying ee, sacrificing Archaeomancer, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
5
Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying 1.
6
When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get eee.
7
Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of e equal to Archaeomancer's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
8
When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand.
9
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite black mana

  Combo Metadata

27
DECKS
0.00%
OF 2540586 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 24940
MOST PLAYED OF 67641 COMBOS

{ }  Commander Bracket Information

In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2

Exhibition and Core

(no 2-card combos)
Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed
3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)
Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.
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