Mortuary
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Woe Strider
Bolas's Citadel

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Gray Merchant of Asphodel in hand or in your library (Gray Merchant of Asphodel on top of your library in your library).
All other permanents on the battlefield.
Your life total is at least 6 if Gray Merchant is on the top of your library, or you have 3 available otherwise.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Gray Merchant either from your hand by paying 3 or from the top of your library by paying 5 life.
2
When Gray Merchant enters, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black and causing you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
3
Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Gray Merchant.
4
When Gray Merchant dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Gray Merchant from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
5
Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
6
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifeloss
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New Cards
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High Synergy Cards
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86%synergy
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76%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
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66%synergy
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61%synergy
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60%inclusion51 decks85 decks
59%synergy
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54%synergy
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55%inclusion47 decks85 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
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39%synergy
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Blood Artist
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15%synergy
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17%synergy
Creatures
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39%synergy
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41%synergy
Crypt Ghast
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29%synergy
Warren Soultrader
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Ornithopter
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23%synergy
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18%synergy
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Fear of Lost Teeth
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Ophiomancer
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Solemn Simulacrum
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Bloodthirsty Conqueror
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Priest of Forgotten Gods
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Midnight Reaper
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Instants
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37%synergy
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Deadly Rollick
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Cut Down
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Defile
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Saw in Half
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Songs of the Damned
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10%synergy
Undying Malice
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7%synergy
Tragic Slip
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6%synergy
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Tainted Pact
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Flare of Malice
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Sudden Edict
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Corrupted Conviction
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Feign Death
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Soul Shatter
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3%synergy
Sorceries
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36%synergy
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31%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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24%synergy
Bubbling Muck
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29%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
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24%synergy
Doomsday
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22%synergy
Victimize
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11%synergy
Duress
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21%synergy
Sign in Blood
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11%synergy
Zof Consumption
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19%synergy
Dark Petition
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18%synergy
Cruel Tutor
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17%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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15%synergy
Grim Tutor
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14%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
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Buried Alive
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Chain of Smog
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15%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
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11%synergy
Pelakka Predation
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Read the Bones
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8%synergy
Night's Whisper
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5%synergy
Living Death
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8%synergy
Damnation
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6%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
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11%synergy
Profane Tutor
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10%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
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9%synergy
Dread Return
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7%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
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5%synergy
Final Parting
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9%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
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8%synergy
Unearth
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Pilfer
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8%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Morality Shift
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6%synergy
Blood Tithe
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6%synergy
Illicit Shipment
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
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6%synergy
Forever Young
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5%synergy
Mutilate
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4%synergy
Persist
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4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Bontu's Monument
47%inclusion40 decks85 decks
45%synergy
Defense Grid
42%inclusion36 decks85 decks
41%synergy
Codex Shredder
35%inclusion30 decks85 decks
35%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
33%inclusion28 decks85 decks
28%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
33%inclusion28 decks85 decks
27%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
29%inclusion25 decks85 decks
28%synergy
Altar of Dementia
27%inclusion23 decks85 decks
25%synergy
Brainstone
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
21%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
18%synergy
Scroll Rack
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
18%synergy
Conjurer's Bauble
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
17%synergy
Skullclamp
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6%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
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13%synergy
Engineered Explosives
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12%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
12%inclusion10 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Demon's Horn
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
10%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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6%synergy
Manifold Key
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Golem's Heart
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Voltaic Key
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Expedition Map
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Prism Ring
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6%synergy
Moonsilver Key
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Mindcrank
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
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30%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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24%synergy
Font of Agonies
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23%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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18%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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17%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
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2%synergy
Grave Pact
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8%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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8%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Black Market
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Bitterblossom
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Tortured Existence
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Underworld Dreams
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
28%inclusion20 decks71 decks
26%synergy
Liliana Vess
27%inclusion23 decks85 decks
26%synergy
Professor Onyx
21%inclusion18 decks85 decks
20%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
5.3%inclusion4 decks75 decks
4%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
46%inclusion39 decks85 decks
37%synergy
Cabal Coffers
42%inclusion36 decks85 decks
33%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
38%inclusion32 decks85 decks
37%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
32%inclusion27 decks85 decks
23%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
31%inclusion26 decks85 decks
30%synergy
Bojuka Bog
31%inclusion26 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Castle Locthwain
29%inclusion25 decks85 decks
26%synergy
Crystal Vein
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
23%synergy
Swarmyard
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
22%synergy
Witch's Cottage
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
20%synergy
Peat Bog
22%inclusion19 decks85 decks
22%synergy
Rogue's Passage
22%inclusion19 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
22%inclusion18 decks83 decks
19%synergy
War Room
20%inclusion17 decks85 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion17 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
19%inclusion15 decks79 decks
18%synergy
City of Traitors
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
18%synergy
The Black Gate
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
16%synergy
Urza's Saga
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
13%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
11%synergy
Vault of Whispers
14%inclusion12 decks85 decks
10%synergy
Inventors' Fair
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Lake of the Dead
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
9%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Emergence Zone
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
7%synergy
Blast Zone
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
6%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
6%synergy
High Market
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Command Beacon
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
3%synergy
Reliquary Tower
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
-24%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.6%inclusion4 decks72 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion80 decks85 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Signet
73%inclusion62 decks85 decks
1%synergy
Fellwar Stone
39%inclusion33 decks85 decks
18%synergy
Lotus Petal
35%inclusion30 decks85 decks
28%synergy
The Soul Stone
32%inclusion22 decks68 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion25 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Mox Opal
24%inclusion20 decks85 decks
19%synergy
Mox Diamond
19%inclusion16 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Chromatic Star
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
17%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
0%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
16%inclusion14 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
15%inclusion13 decks85 decks
13%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
14%inclusion12 decks85 decks
14%synergy
Springleaf Drum
14%inclusion12 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
13%inclusion11 decks85 decks
12%synergy
Lotus Bloom
9.4%inclusion8 decks85 decks
9%synergy
Commander's Sphere
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-5%synergy
Nyx Lotus
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
5.9%inclusion5 decks85 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
31%inclusion26 decks85 decks
19%synergy
Polluted Delta
28%inclusion24 decks85 decks
16%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
27%inclusion23 decks85 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
26%inclusion22 decks85 decks
15%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
22%inclusion19 decks85 decks
17%synergy
Cavern of Souls
20%inclusion17 decks85 decks
13%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
18%inclusion12 decks68 decks
17%synergy
Prismatic Vista
18%inclusion15 decks85 decks
13%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
12%inclusion10 decks83 decks
10%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
12%inclusion10 decks85 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion9 decks85 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.2%inclusion7 decks85 decks
-7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-14%synergy
Command Tower
7.1%inclusion6 decks85 decks
-67%synergy