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
Willowdusk, Essence Seer
1.7%inclusion31 decks1.82K decks
Valentin, Dean of the Vein
4.8%inclusion27 decks565 decks
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0.0%inclusion2 decks14.5K decks
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0.4%inclusion1 decks225 decks
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0.1%inclusion1 decks750 decks
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0.4%inclusion1 decks270 decks
New Cards
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33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
32%synergy
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20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
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19%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%inclusion2 decks19 decks
10%synergy
High Synergy Cards
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68%inclusion45 decks66 decks
62%synergy
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58%inclusion38 decks66 decks
54%synergy
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56%inclusion37 decks66 decks
53%synergy
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Mortality Spear
52%inclusion34 decks66 decks
50%synergy
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42%inclusion28 decks66 decks
41%synergy
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41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
40%synergy
Gyre Sage
44%inclusion29 decks66 decks
40%synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
39%synergy
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39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
37%synergy
Top Cards
Toxic Deluge
48%inclusion32 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Assassin's Trophy
47%inclusion31 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Exquisite Blood
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
36%synergy
Elves of Deep Shadow
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
32%synergy
Hardened Scales
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Beast Within
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
8%synergy
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39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
36%synergy
Corpsejack Menace
38%inclusion25 decks66 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Greaves
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13%synergy
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10%synergy
Game Changers
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48%synergy
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33%synergy
Worldly Tutor
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
Necropotence
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15%synergy
Ad Nauseam
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Demonic Tutor
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2%synergy
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Creatures
Archangel of Thune
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58%synergy
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56%synergy
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60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
48%synergy
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36%inclusion24 decks66 decks
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Virulent Emissary
35%inclusion7 decks20 decks
33%synergy
Vault Skirge
35%inclusion23 decks66 decks
35%synergy
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32%synergy
Basking Broodscale
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
30%synergy
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32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
30%synergy
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26%synergy
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30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
28%synergy
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28%synergy
Winding Constrictor
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27%synergy
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29%synergy
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28%synergy
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26%synergy
Walking Ballista
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
26%synergy
Mindless Automaton
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
27%synergy
Elvish Mystic
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11%synergy
Scurry Oak
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
24%synergy
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22%synergy
Bloodtracker
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Leyline Prowler
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
21%synergy
Dark Confidant
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20%synergy
Armorcraft Judge
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
20%synergy
Doom Whisperer
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19%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Tenured Inkcaster
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20%synergy
Accomplished Alchemist
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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10%synergy
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15%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
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17%synergy
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14%synergy
Instants
Heroic Intervention
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7%synergy
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28%synergy
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17%synergy
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21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
20%synergy
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16%synergy
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2%synergy
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11%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
Reckless Spite
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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1%synergy
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0%synergy
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-3%synergy
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Sorceries
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32%synergy
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19%synergy
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9%synergy
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32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
-1%synergy
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-12%synergy
Exsanguinate
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22%synergy
Nature's Lore
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-3%synergy
Night's Whisper
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Culling Ritual
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9%synergy
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18%synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
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9%synergy
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-19%synergy
Bridgeworks Battle
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11%synergy
Sign in Blood
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Agadeem's Awakening
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11%synergy
Rite of Consumption
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12%synergy
Reanimate
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-7%synergy
Kodama's Reach
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-14%synergy
Healing Technique
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10%synergy
Turntimber Symbiosis
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Grim Tutor
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Bala Ged Recovery
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3%synergy
Life's Legacy
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8%synergy
Read the Bones
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3%synergy
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1%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
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5%synergy
Shamanic Revelation
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1%synergy
Infernal Contract
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Pain's Reward
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Ancient Craving
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Deadly Tempest
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Damnable Pact
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5%synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Finale of Devastation
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
-1%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Alhammarret's Archive
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
27%synergy
Whip of Erebos
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
25%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
27%inclusion18 decks66 decks
0%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
23%synergy
Shadowspear
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
21%synergy
The Ozolith
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
21%synergy
The Great Henge
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Tablet of the Guilds
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
18%synergy
Basilisk Collar
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Fountain of Renewal
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Staff of Domination
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
12%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Venser's Journal
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
6%synergy
The Earth Crystal
10%inclusion4 decks40 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Processor
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Skullclamp
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-4%synergy
Wurm's Tooth
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
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5%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Sylvan Library
33%inclusion22 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Sanguine Bond
30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
25%synergy
Branching Evolution
30%inclusion20 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Terrasymbiosis
25%inclusion9 decks36 decks
20%synergy
Greed
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
21%synergy
Black Market Connections
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Trudge Garden
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
15%synergy
Lifegift
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Font of Agonies
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
13%synergy
Guardian Project
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Retribution of the Ancients
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Instill Energy
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
10%inclusion6 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Dark Tutelage
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Greater Good
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Doubling Season
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-1%synergy
Loading Zone
8.6%inclusion3 decks35 decks
7%synergy
Hollowmurk Siege
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Soul Channeling
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Blight Mound
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Druid Class
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Moldervine Reclamation
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Stocking the Pantry
6.3%inclusion4 decks63 decks
5%synergy
Leyline of Vitality
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Court of Garenbrig
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Wild Growth
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
-4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Vraska, Golgari Queen
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
33%inclusion22 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
25%synergy
Rogue's Passage
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Sapseep Forest
23%inclusion15 decks66 decks
22%synergy
High Market
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
17%synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
-1%synergy
War Room
17%inclusion11 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
-18%synergy
Witch's Clinic
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Adventurer's Inn
10%inclusion4 decks42 decks
8%synergy
Restless Cottage
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Miren, the Moaning Well
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Inkmoth Nexus
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
7%synergy
The Shire
7.6%inclusion5 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Seraph Sanctuary
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Gingerbread Cabin
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Karn's Bastion
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion58 decks66 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
61%inclusion40 decks66 decks
-12%synergy
Talisman of Resilience
47%inclusion31 decks66 decks
34%synergy
Pristine Talisman
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Golgari Signet
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Staff of Compleation
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
8%synergy
Paradise Plume
6.1%inclusion4 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
88%inclusion58 decks66 decks
14%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
68%inclusion45 decks66 decks
41%synergy
Indatha Triome
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Isolated Chapel
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
26%synergy
Temple Garden
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Godless Shrine
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
59%inclusion39 decks66 decks
26%synergy
Tainted Wood
56%inclusion37 decks66 decks
43%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
52%inclusion34 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
45%inclusion30 decks66 decks
22%synergy
Necroblossom Snarl
42%inclusion28 decks66 decks
31%synergy
Jungle Hollow
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
32%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
41%inclusion27 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
29%synergy
Twilight Mire
39%inclusion26 decks66 decks
26%synergy
Deathcap Glade
32%inclusion21 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
29%inclusion19 decks66 decks
24%synergy
Darkbore Pathway
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
26%inclusion17 decks66 decks
-11%synergy
Temple of Malady
24%inclusion16 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
19%synergy
Blooming Marsh
21%inclusion14 decks66 decks
16%synergy
Underground Mortuary
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
20%inclusion13 decks66 decks
4%synergy
City of Brass
18%inclusion12 decks66 decks
11%synergy
Wastewood Verge
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Viridescent Bog
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
7%synergy
Marsh Flats
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Bayou
15%inclusion10 decks66 decks
2%synergy
Vernal Fen
14%inclusion5 decks35 decks
4%synergy
Blighted Woodland
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
10%synergy
Prismatic Vista
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
9%synergy
Windswept Heath
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion9 decks66 decks
-7%synergy
Mana Confluence
12%inclusion8 decks66 decks
5%synergy
Fabled Passage
11%inclusion7 decks66 decks
1%synergy
Woodland Chasm
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
6%synergy
Haunted Mire
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
3%synergy
Wooded Foothills
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-2%synergy
Misty Rainforest
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Delta
9.1%inclusion6 decks66 decks
-3%synergy
Festering Thicket
8.6%inclusion3 decks35 decks
4%synergy