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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37%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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4%synergy
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Sorceries
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12%synergy
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20%synergy
Sign in Blood
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14%synergy
Duress
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19%synergy
Cruel Tutor
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18%synergy
Grim Tutor
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15%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
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14%synergy
Zof Consumption
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16%synergy
Dark Petition
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16%synergy
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Diabolic Tutor
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14%synergy
Profane Tutor
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12%synergy
Night's Whisper
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5%synergy
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8%synergy
Dread Return
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7%synergy
Living Death
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7%synergy
Damnation
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6%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
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6%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
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11%synergy
Unearth
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8%synergy
Final Parting
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
Pilfer
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
Morality Shift
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
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5%synergy
Persist
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4%synergy
Illicit Shipment
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5%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
Mutilate
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4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
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41%synergy
Defense Grid
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39%synergy
Codex Shredder
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34%synergy
Ashnod's Altar
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28%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
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28%synergy
Conqueror's Flail
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29%synergy
Altar of Dementia
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26%synergy
Phyrexian Altar
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21%synergy
Brainstone
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
Skullclamp
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5%synergy
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15%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
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13%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
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8%synergy
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11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
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4%synergy
Demon's Horn
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10%synergy
Golem's Heart
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9%synergy
Pyxis of Pandemonium
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Manifold Key
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7%synergy
Wand of Vertebrae
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Voltaic Key
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7%synergy
Moonsilver Key
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7%synergy
Elixir of Immortality
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5%synergy
Expedition Map
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4%synergy
Mindcrank
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Animate Dead
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31%synergy
Exquisite Blood
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20%synergy
Heartless Summoning
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22%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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17%synergy
Font of Agonies
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22%synergy
Black Market Connections
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9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
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5%synergy
Grave Pact
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10%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
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9%synergy
Sanguine Bond
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9%synergy
Dreadhorde Invasion
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8%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
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7%synergy
Black Market
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6%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
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5%synergy
Bitterblossom
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5%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
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4%synergy
Tortured Existence
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4%synergy
Underworld Dreams
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3%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
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26%synergy
Liliana Vess
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
26%synergy
Professor Onyx
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
19%synergy
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Ugin, Eye of the Storms
6.3%inclusion5 decks80 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
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48%inclusion43 decks90 decks
39%synergy
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47%inclusion42 decks90 decks
37%synergy
Hall of the Bandit Lord
37%inclusion33 decks90 decks
36%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
24%synergy
Bojuka Bog
32%inclusion29 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Castle Locthwain
30%inclusion27 decks90 decks
26%synergy
Ebon Stronghold
28%inclusion25 decks90 decks
28%synergy
Witch's Cottage
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
20%synergy
Rogue's Passage
23%inclusion21 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Crystal Vein
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Swarmyard
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
21%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
22%inclusion19 decks88 decks
19%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Peat Bog
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
18%synergy
The Black Gate
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
16%synergy
War Room
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Urza's Saga
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Amonkhet Raceway
18%inclusion15 decks84 decks
17%synergy
Cabal Stronghold
18%inclusion16 decks90 decks
15%synergy
City of Traitors
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Vault of Whispers
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
10%synergy
Inventors' Fair
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Emergence Zone
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Lake of the Dead
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Bonders' Enclave
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Command Beacon
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
4%synergy
Blast Zone
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
7%synergy
High Market
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
5%synergy
Reliquary Tower
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-23%synergy
Thespian's Stage
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
3%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
5.2%inclusion4 decks77 decks
2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
94%inclusion85 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Arcane Signet
72%inclusion65 decks90 decks
0%synergy
Fellwar Stone
37%inclusion33 decks90 decks
16%synergy
The Soul Stone
34%inclusion25 decks73 decks
30%synergy
Lotus Petal
33%inclusion30 decks90 decks
26%synergy
Mind Stone
29%inclusion26 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Mox Opal
22%inclusion20 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Thought Vessel
19%inclusion17 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Lion's Eye Diamond
14%inclusion13 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Chromatic Star
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Springleaf Drum
13%inclusion12 decks90 decks
11%synergy
Chromatic Sphere
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Jeweled Amulet
12%inclusion11 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Lotus Bloom
8.9%inclusion8 decks90 decks
8%synergy
Nyx Lotus
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
6%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
2%synergy
Commander's Sphere
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-5%synergy
Mox Amber
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Bloodstained Mire
29%inclusion26 decks90 decks
18%synergy
Polluted Delta
27%inclusion24 decks90 decks
15%synergy
Marsh Flats
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
24%inclusion22 decks90 decks
14%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
21%inclusion19 decks90 decks
16%synergy
Cavern of Souls
20%inclusion18 decks90 decks
13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
17%inclusion15 decks90 decks
12%synergy
Daily Bugle Building
16%inclusion12 decks73 decks
16%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
11%inclusion10 decks88 decks
9%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
11%inclusion10 decks90 decks
9%synergy
Demolition Field
10%inclusion9 decks90 decks
7%synergy
Myriad Landscape
7.8%inclusion7 decks90 decks
-8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.7%inclusion6 decks90 decks
-14%synergy
Command Tower
5.6%inclusion5 decks90 decks
-69%synergy