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
Gwenom, Remorseless
1.7%inclusion62 decks3.54K decks
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
0.0%inclusion10 decks23.4K decks
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
0.0%inclusion6 decks19.3K decks
Syr Konrad, the Grim
0.1%inclusion5 decks5.64K decks
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
0.0%inclusion3 decks8.14K decks
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
0.0%inclusion2 decks6.63K decks
Ayara, First of Locthwain
0.0%inclusion2 decks6.55K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks3.28K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks4.37K decks
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0.3%inclusion1 decks304 decks
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0.1%inclusion1 decks1.55K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks2.91K decks
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
0.2%inclusion1 decks412 decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks10.4K decks
Egon, God of Death
0.3%inclusion1 decks326 decks
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Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
0.1%inclusion1 decks1.13K decks
New Cards
Skateboard
23%inclusion8 decks35 decks
23%synergy
Dream Beavers
13%inclusion4 decks32 decks
12%synergy
South Wind Avatar
7.0%inclusion3 decks43 decks
6%synergy
Death in the Family
2.9%inclusion1 decks34 decks
3%synergy
Shredder's Technique
2.8%inclusion1 decks36 decks
2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Viscera Seer
94%inclusion94 decks100 decks
86%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
80%inclusion66 decks83 decks
76%synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
71%inclusion71 decks100 decks
68%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
70%inclusion70 decks100 decks
66%synergy
Dark Ritual
85%inclusion85 decks100 decks
60%synergy
Jet Medallion
62%inclusion62 decks100 decks
58%synergy
Blood Pet
59%inclusion59 decks100 decks
58%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
54%inclusion54 decks100 decks
53%synergy
Cabal Ritual
58%inclusion58 decks100 decks
53%synergy
Culling the Weak
57%inclusion57 decks100 decks
53%synergy
Top Cards
Lightning Greaves
64%inclusion64 decks100 decks
39%synergy
Blood Artist
56%inclusion56 decks100 decks
45%synergy
Reanimate
55%inclusion55 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
51%synergy
Feed the Swarm
53%inclusion53 decks100 decks
37%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
52%inclusion52 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Death Cultist
50%inclusion50 decks100 decks
50%synergy
Toxic Deluge
50%inclusion50 decks100 decks
32%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Doom Whisperer
48%inclusion48 decks100 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
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44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
39%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
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27%synergy
Demonic Tutor
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21%synergy
Ancient Tomb
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Imperial Seal
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Mana Vault
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Chrome Mox
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
17%synergy
The One Ring
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Opposition Agent
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Grim Monolith
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Creatures
Boggart Trawler
46%inclusion45 decks98 decks
42%synergy
Crashing Drawbridge
43%inclusion43 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Crypt Ghast
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
37%synergy
Gravecrawler
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
31%synergy
Warren Soultrader
34%inclusion33 decks98 decks
28%synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Carrion Feeder
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Ornithopter
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
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20%synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
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15%synergy
Memnite
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Serrated Scorpion
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Cauldron Familiar
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Vengeful Bloodwitch
20%inclusion20 decks98 decks
19%synergy
Diamond Lion
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20%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
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15%synergy
Fear of Lost Teeth
19%inclusion19 decks98 decks
19%synergy
Forsaken Miner
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18%synergy
Qarsi Sadist
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18%synergy
Overeager Apprentice
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18%synergy
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13%synergy
Spectrum Sentinel
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Shield Sphere
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Phyrexian Walker
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Shard of the Nightbringer
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15%synergy
Ophiomancer
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12%synergy
Vilis, Broker of Blood
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12%synergy
Phyrexian Devourer
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
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12%synergy
Plaguecrafter
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10%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
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10%synergy
Grief
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13%synergy
Fleshbag Marauder
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9%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
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5%synergy
Susurian Voidborn
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11%synergy
Greedy Freebooter
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11%synergy
Grim Haruspex
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9%synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
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9%synergy
Massacre Wurm
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
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0%synergy
Mogis's Marauder
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
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8%synergy
Shambling Ghast
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9%synergy
Sifter of Skulls
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9%synergy
Kokusho, the Evening Star
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9%synergy
Dark Confidant
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Instants
Fell the Profane
48%inclusion47 decks98 decks
39%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Insidious Dreams
33%inclusion33 decks100 decks
33%synergy
Deadly Rollick
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Withering Torment
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19%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
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24%synergy
Imp's Mischief
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19%synergy
Village Rites
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Dismember
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18%synergy
Hagra Mauling
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17%synergy
Deadly Dispute
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Snuff Out
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13%synergy
Infernal Grasp
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Saw in Half
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11%synergy
Entomb
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8%synergy
Fatal Push
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Null Elemental Blast
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11%synergy
Rain of Filth
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11%synergy
Defile
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Tainted Pact
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8%synergy
Go for the Throat
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6%synergy
Erebos's Intervention
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10%synergy
Cut Down
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10%synergy
Sacrifice
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Tragic Slip
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Consuming Corruption
9.2%inclusion9 decks98 decks
8%synergy
Flare of Malice
9.2%inclusion9 decks98 decks
7%synergy
Songs of the Damned
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Undying Malice
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Not Dead After All
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Sudden Edict
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Hero's Downfall
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Beseech the Mirror
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
39%synergy
Exsanguinate
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32%synergy
Diabolic Intent
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
24%synergy
Bubbling Muck
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
24%synergy
Doomsday
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Victimize
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13%synergy
Duress
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Cruel Tutor
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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17%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Sign in Blood
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Zof Consumption
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Dark Petition
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Grim Tutor
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Pelakka Predation
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Chain of Smog
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Night's Whisper
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Buried Alive
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
12%inclusion12 decks98 decks
12%synergy
Read the Bones
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Profane Tutor
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Unearth
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Dread Return
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Living Death
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Damnation
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
10%inclusion10 decks96 decks
5%synergy
Pilfer
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
10%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Beseech the Queen
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Final Parting
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Syphon Mind
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Morality Shift
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Persist
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lavaspur Boots
47%inclusion47 decks100 decks
46%synergy
Bontu's Monument
44%inclusion44 decks100 decks
42%synergy
Defense Grid
42%inclusion42 decks100 decks
41%synergy
Codex Shredder
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
36%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
30%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
34%inclusion34 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
29%inclusion29 decks100 decks
28%synergy
Altar of Dementia
27%inclusion27 decks100 decks
25%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Brainstone
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Scroll Rack
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Conjurer's Bauble
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Skullclamp
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
14%inclusion14 decks100 decks
14%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
14%inclusion12 decks88 decks
10%synergy
Engineered Explosives
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Manifold Key
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Demon's Horn
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Golem's Heart
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Voltaic Key
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Moonsilver Key
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Expedition Map
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
38%inclusion38 decks100 decks
29%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Font of Agonies
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Heartless Summoning
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
22%synergy
Exquisite Blood
23%inclusion23 decks100 decks
18%synergy
Black Market Connections
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
4%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Sanguine Bond
13%inclusion13 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Grave Pact
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
6%synergy
Black Market
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Bitterblossom
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Oversold Cemetery
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
29%inclusion25 decks86 decks
27%synergy
Liliana Vess
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
27%synergy
Professor Onyx
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
49%inclusion49 decks100 decks
40%synergy
Cabal Coffers
47%inclusion47 decks100 decks
38%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
40%inclusion40 decks100 decks
39%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Bojuka Bog
32%inclusion32 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
31%inclusion31 decks100 decks
31%synergy
Castle Locthwain
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
26%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
25%inclusion25 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Crystal Vein
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
23%synergy
Rogue's Passage
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Swarmyard
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
21%synergy
Witch's Cottage
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
21%inclusion21 decks98 decks
19%synergy
Peat Bog
21%inclusion21 decks100 decks
21%synergy
The Black Gate
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
16%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
18%inclusion17 decks94 decks
17%synergy
City of Traitors
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Saga
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Vault of Whispers
17%inclusion17 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Inventors' Fair
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Emergence Zone
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
8%synergy
High Market
10%inclusion10 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Blast Zone
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
9.0%inclusion9 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Lake of the Dead
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
7%synergy
Command Beacon
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
3%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Thespian's Stage
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
4%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-24%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
92%inclusion92 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Arcane Signet
69%inclusion69 decks100 decks
-3%synergy
Lotus Petal
37%inclusion37 decks100 decks
30%synergy
Fellwar Stone
35%inclusion35 decks100 decks
15%synergy
The Soul Stone
35%inclusion29 decks83 decks
31%synergy
Mind Stone
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Mox Opal
24%inclusion24 decks100 decks
20%synergy
Mox Diamond
19%inclusion19 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Thought Vessel
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
1%synergy
Chromatic Star
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
16%inclusion16 decks100 decks
14%synergy
Springleaf Drum
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
15%inclusion15 decks100 decks
11%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
12%synergy
Lotus Bloom
8.0%inclusion8 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
5%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-5%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
30%inclusion30 decks100 decks
19%synergy
Polluted Delta
28%inclusion28 decks100 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
26%inclusion26 decks100 decks
15%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
22%inclusion22 decks100 decks
17%synergy
Cavern of Souls
20%inclusion20 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
18%inclusion18 decks100 decks
13%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
16%inclusion13 decks83 decks
15%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
14%inclusion14 decks98 decks
12%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
12%inclusion12 decks100 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
11%inclusion11 decks100 decks
8%synergy
Myriad Landscape
7.0%inclusion7 decks100 decks
-8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.0%inclusion6 decks100 decks
-15%synergy