Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Caldaia Guardian
Altar of Dementia

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Hogaak.
2
When Hogaak dies, Caldaia Guardian triggers, creating two 1/1 Human Citizen creature tokens.
3
Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing you to mill eight cards.
4
Cast Hogaak from your graveyard by tapping the two Human Citizen tokens and exiling five cards from your graveyard.
5
Repeat.
6
Once you have milled your library, you may continue the loop by milling opponents instead as allowed, and/or sacrifice the Human Citizens for extra mill.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite ETB
Near-infinite LTB
Near-infinite mill
Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite tapped creature tokens
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4%synergy
Mana Crypt
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Lands
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Woodland Cemetery
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29%synergy
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29%synergy
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39%synergy
Nurturing Peatland
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44%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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38%synergy
Twilight Mire
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28%synergy
Windswept Heath
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24%synergy
Deathcap Glade
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Exotic Orchard
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Bloodstained Mire
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Misty Rainforest
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Tainted Wood
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19%synergy
Blooming Marsh
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26%synergy
Fabled Passage
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22%synergy
Marsh Flats
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Wooded Foothills
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20%synergy
Polluted Delta
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Darkbore Pathway
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Bayou
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Necroblossom Snarl
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3%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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Temple of Malady
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3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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1%synergy
Woodland Chasm
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12%synergy
Ash Barrens
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Mana Confluence
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City of Brass
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8%synergy
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11%synergy
Vernal Fen
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8%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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8%synergy
Viridescent Bog
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4%synergy
Haunted Mire
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7%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
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4%synergy