Living Death
Archaeomancer
Great Whale
Altar of Dementia

  Played with this combo

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Living Death in hand.
All other permanents on the battlefield.
You control up to seven lands that can tap to produce at least 3.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate up to seven lands you control by tapping them, adding at least 3.
2
Activate Altar of Dementia twice by sacrificing Archaeomancer and Great Whale, causing target player to mill cards equal to Great Whale and Archaeomancer's power.
3
Cast Living Death by paying 3, causing each player to exile all creature cards from their graveyard, sacrifice all creatures they control, then return all cards exiled this way to the battlefield.
4
Archaeomancer and Great Whale enter the battlefield, triggering their abilities.
5
Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Living Death from your graveyard to your hand.
6
Resolve the Great Whale trigger, untapping up to seven lands you control.
7
Repeat.
8
If the seven lands can tap to produce at least 4, this combo nets infinite mana.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite blinking for all players
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite mill
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite self-mill
Infinite storm count
Infinite untap of lands you control

  Combo Metadata

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OF 2269071 ELIGIBLE DECKS
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{ }  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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