Retribution of the Ancients + Phyrexian Altar + Butcher Ghoul

Retribution of the Ancients
Phyrexian Altar
Butcher Ghoul
Requires
Retribution of the Ancients must be on the battlefield. Phyrexian Altar must be on the battlefield. Butcher Ghoul must be on the battlefield. Butcher Ghoul has no +1/+1 counters on it.
Steps
  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Butcher Ghoul, adding .
  2. Butcher Ghoul dies, triggering its undying ability, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  3. Activate Retribution of the Ancients by paying and removing a +1/+1 counter from Butcher Ghoul, giving any creature -1/-1 until end of turn.
  4. Repeat.
Results
Infinite death triggers. Infinite ETB. Infinite LTB. Infinite sacrifice triggers. Reduce any number of target creatures' toughness to 0.
Ghave, Guru of Spores
0.16% of 6390 decks 10 decks
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
0.18% of 5607 decks 10 decks
Fain, the Broker
1.09% of 276 decks 3 decks
Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
1.69% of 178 decks 3 decks
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
0.14% of 1386 decks 2 decks
Ayara, First of Locthwain
0.04% of 4911 decks 2 decks
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
0.01% of 18995 decks 2 decks
Marchesa, the Black Rose
0.02% of 9612 decks 2 decks
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
0.03% of 5934 decks 2 decks
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
0.02% of 4825 decks 1 decks
Thrasios, Triton Hero // Tormod, the Desecrator
0.43% of 233 decks 1 decks
Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar // Haunted One
0.22% of 464 decks 1 decks
Tinybones, the Pickpocket
0.06% of 1715 decks 1 decks
Totentanz, Swarm Piper
0.03% of 2892 decks 1 decks
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
0.02% of 5436 decks 1 decks
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
0.04% of 2770 decks 1 decks
Syr Konrad, the Grim
0.02% of 4664 decks 1 decks
Kresh the Bloodbraided
0.04% of 2708 decks 1 decks
New Cards
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
50% of 6 decks +45% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Strangleroot Geist
100% of 17 decks +100% synergy
Young Wolf
94% of 17 decks +94% synergy
Geralf's Messenger
78% of 51 decks +78% synergy
Good-Fortune Unicorn
75% of 12 decks +72% synergy
Ashnod's Altar
76% of 51 decks +69% synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
69% of 51 decks +59% synergy
Pyreheart Wolf
57% of 7 decks +57% synergy
Flayer of the Hatebound
57% of 7 decks +56% synergy
Gravecrawler
59% of 51 decks +56% synergy
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
59% of 51 decks +56% synergy
Top Cards
Fierce Guardianship
67% of 6 decks +49% synergy
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
64% of 14 decks +53% synergy
Warren Soultrader
62% of 16 decks +55% synergy
Blood Artist
61% of 51 decks +49% synergy
Goblin Bombardment
57% of 7 decks +51% synergy
Dark Ritual
55% of 51 decks +32% synergy
Devoted Druid
53% of 17 decks +50% synergy
Cruel Celebrant
53% of 17 decks +45% synergy
Skullclamp
53% of 51 decks +41% synergy
Pitiless Plunderer
51% of 51 decks +43% synergy
Creatures
Basking Broodscale
60% of 5 decks +58% synergy
Viscera Seer
51% of 51 decks +42% synergy
River Kelpie
50% of 6 decks +49% synergy
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
50% of 6 decks +49% synergy
Flux Channeler
50% of 6 decks +47% synergy
Rosie Cotton of South Lane
50% of 8 decks +46% synergy
Carrion Feeder
47% of 51 decks +42% synergy
Conclave Mentor
45% of 11 decks +41% synergy
Hound of Griselbrand
43% of 7 decks +43% synergy
Murderous Redcap
43% of 7 decks +41% synergy
Anger
43% of 7 decks +37% synergy
Scurry Oak
38% of 16 decks +36% synergy
Accursed Marauder
36% of 11 decks +28% synergy
Pawn of Ulamog
35% of 51 decks +33% synergy
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
35% of 17 decks +32% synergy
Grim Haruspex
35% of 51 decks +31% synergy
Corpsejack Menace
35% of 17 decks +30% synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
35% of 51 decks +26% synergy
Kitchen Finks
33% of 12 decks +33% synergy
Putrid Goblin
33% of 51 decks +33% synergy
Juniper Order Ranger
33% of 12 decks +32% synergy
Ivy Lane Denizen
29% of 17 decks +28% synergy
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
29% of 17 decks +28% synergy
Corpse Knight
29% of 17 decks +24% synergy
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
29% of 17 decks +24% synergy
Eternal Witness
29% of 17 decks +9% synergy
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
27% of 51 decks +24% synergy
Reassembling Skeleton
27% of 51 decks +24% synergy
Kami of Whispered Hopes
27% of 11 decks +20% synergy
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
25% of 16 decks +20% synergy
Avacyn's Pilgrim
25% of 12 decks +10% synergy
Bloodspore Thrinax
24% of 17 decks +23% synergy
Renata, Called to the Hunt
24% of 17 decks +21% synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
24% of 51 decks +20% synergy
Champion of Lambholt
24% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Sakura-Tribe Elder
24% of 17 decks +5% synergy
Birds of Paradise
24% of 17 decks -4% synergy
Puppeteer Clique
22% of 51 decks +20% synergy
Walking Ballista
22% of 51 decks +19% synergy
Crypt Ghast
22% of 51 decks +17% synergy
Forsaken Miner
20% of 20 decks +19% synergy
Luminous Broodmoth
19% of 16 decks +17% synergy
Marionette Apprentice
19% of 16 decks +11% synergy
Esper Sentinel
19% of 16 decks -2% synergy
Evernight Shade
18% of 51 decks +18% synergy
Vizier of Remedies
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Utopia Mycon
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Plague Belcher
18% of 51 decks +17% synergy
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Grim Servant
18% of 17 decks +16% synergy
Instants
Experimental Augury
75% of 4 decks +72% synergy
Swords to Plowshares
47% of 17 decks -16% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
41% of 51 decks +23% synergy
Path to Exile
35% of 17 decks -11% synergy
Abzan Charm
33% of 12 decks +28% synergy
Deadly Rollick
26% of 50 decks +15% synergy
Culling the Weak
25% of 51 decks +22% synergy
Eladamri's Call
25% of 12 decks +14% synergy
Harrow
24% of 17 decks +14% synergy
Abrupt Decay
24% of 17 decks +13% synergy
Worldly Tutor
24% of 17 decks +10% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
24% of 17 decks -7% synergy
Corrupted Conviction
23% of 35 decks +17% synergy
Deadly Dispute
20% of 50 decks +9% synergy
Entomb
20% of 51 decks +12% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
18% of 50 decks +10% synergy
Village Rites
18% of 50 decks +8% synergy
Flare of Malice
18% of 17 decks +14% synergy
Tragic Slip
18% of 51 decks +14% synergy
Enlightened Tutor
18% of 17 decks -0% synergy
Anguished Unmaking
18% of 17 decks -6% synergy
Beast Within
18% of 17 decks -21% synergy
Cabal Ritual
16% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Not Dead After All
14% of 28 decks +11% synergy
Snuff Out
14% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Fanatical Offering
12% of 24 decks +11% synergy
Infernal Grasp
12% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
10% of 48 decks +9% synergy
Defile
10% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
8% of 50 decks +7% synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
8% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Rain of Filth
8% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Imp's Mischief
8% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Ad Nauseam
8% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Astarion's Thirst
6% of 47 decks +5% synergy
Baleful Mastery
6% of 50 decks +3% synergy
Mausoleum Secrets
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Undying Evil
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Force of Despair
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Dismember
6% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Murder
6% of 51 decks +2% synergy
Go for the Throat
6% of 51 decks -1% synergy
Sorceries
Demonic Tutor
41% of 51 decks +19% synergy
Nature's Lore
41% of 17 decks +9% synergy
Farseek
35% of 17 decks +1% synergy
Reanimate
33% of 51 decks +18% synergy
Diabolic Intent
31% of 51 decks +23% synergy
Three Visits
29% of 17 decks +5% synergy
Rampant Growth
29% of 17 decks -5% synergy
Feed the Swarm
28% of 50 decks +10% synergy
Unearth
24% of 51 decks +20% synergy
Green Sun's Zenith
24% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Cultivate
24% of 17 decks -22% synergy
Sign in Blood
22% of 51 decks +12% synergy
Victimize
22% of 51 decks +10% synergy
Toxic Deluge
20% of 51 decks +2% synergy
Damn
19% of 16 decks +3% synergy
Buried Alive
18% of 51 decks +12% synergy
Wrath of God
18% of 17 decks +11% synergy
Bubbling Muck
16% of 51 decks +14% synergy
Grim Tutor
14% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
14% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Beseech the Queen
12% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Night's Whisper
12% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Beseech the Mirror
10% of 29 decks +6% synergy
Persist
10% of 50 decks +8% synergy
Profane Tutor
10% of 50 decks +7% synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
10% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Exsanguinate
10% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Imperial Seal
10% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Read the Bones
10% of 51 decks +2% synergy
Unmarked Grave
8% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
8% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Scheming Symmetry
8% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Mutilate
8% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Torment of Hailfire
8% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Damnation
8% of 51 decks -0% synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
6% of 50 decks +6% synergy
Blood on the Snow
6% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Bone Shards
6% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Army of the Damned
6% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Birthing Pod
29% of 17 decks +27% synergy
Altar of Dementia
24% of 51 decks +21% synergy
Lightning Greaves
24% of 51 decks -2% synergy
Jet Medallion
22% of 51 decks +19% synergy
Bolas's Citadel
20% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Blasting Station
18% of 51 decks +17% synergy
The Ozolith
16% of 50 decks +12% synergy
Agatha's Soul Cauldron
14% of 29 decks +12% synergy
Cauldron of Souls
14% of 51 decks +13% synergy
Bontu's Monument
14% of 51 decks +12% synergy
Aetherflux Reservoir
14% of 51 decks +10% synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
14% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
14% of 51 decks -14% synergy
The One Ring
13% of 38 decks +4% synergy
Tarrian's Soulcleaver
12% of 25 decks +10% synergy
Thornbite Staff
12% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Expedition Map
12% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Tarrian's Journal
11% of 27 decks +9% synergy
Desecrated Tomb
10% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Nim Deathmantle
10% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Blade of the Bloodchief
10% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
10% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Transmogrant's Crown
10% of 42 decks +9% synergy
Mindcrank
8% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
8% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Ghost Lantern
6% of 47 decks +6% synergy
Animation Module
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Contagion Clasp
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Enchantments
Inexorable Tide
50% of 6 decks +47% synergy
Cathars' Crusade
41% of 17 decks +36% synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
38% of 50 decks +32% synergy
Tribute to the World Tree
36% of 11 decks +28% synergy
Grave Pact
33% of 51 decks +29% synergy
Aura Shards
33% of 12 decks +24% synergy
Fecundity
29% of 17 decks +29% synergy
Hardened Scales
29% of 17 decks +20% synergy
The Meathook Massacre
28% of 50 decks +23% synergy
Nest of Scarabs
24% of 51 decks +23% synergy
Dictate of Erebos
24% of 51 decks +20% synergy
Parallel Lives
24% of 17 decks +16% synergy
Anointed Procession
24% of 17 decks +15% synergy
Master Chef
21% of 14 decks +20% synergy
Animate Dead
20% of 51 decks +10% synergy
Black Market Connections
19% of 47 decks +8% synergy
Thran Vigil
19% of 42 decks +19% synergy
Earthcraft
18% of 17 decks +17% synergy
Chthonian Nightmare
18% of 17 decks +15% synergy
Primal Vigor
18% of 17 decks +15% synergy
Deathreap Ritual
18% of 17 decks +13% synergy
Doubling Season
18% of 17 decks +8% synergy
Wild Growth
18% of 17 decks +7% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
18% of 51 decks +2% synergy
Carnival of Souls
16% of 51 decks +16% synergy
Black Market
16% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Necropotence
14% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Contamination
12% of 51 decks +11% synergy
Dark Prophecy
10% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Necromancy
10% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Blight Mound
8% of 50 decks +7% synergy
Bridge from Below
8% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Dark Tutelage
8% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
8% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Bitterblossom
8% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Blowfly Infestation
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Unspeakable Symbol
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Dance of the Dead
6% of 51 decks +4% synergy
No Mercy
6% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Greed
6% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Vampiric Rites
6% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Exquisite Blood
6% of 51 decks +1% synergy
Sanguine Bond
6% of 51 decks +0% synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Utility Lands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
43% of 51 decks +33% synergy
Cabal Coffers
41% of 51 decks +30% synergy
Phyrexian Tower
39% of 51 decks +31% synergy
Ancient Tomb
31% of 51 decks +21% synergy
Bojuka Bog
31% of 51 decks +1% synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
29% of 51 decks +24% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
20% of 15 decks +1% synergy
Reliquary Tower
20% of 51 decks -10% synergy
Cabal Stronghold
18% of 51 decks +14% synergy
Witch's Cottage
18% of 51 decks +14% synergy
Grim Backwoods
18% of 17 decks +14% synergy
Gaea's Cradle
18% of 17 decks +12% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15% of 48 decks +4% synergy
Nesting Grounds
12% of 50 decks +10% synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
12% of 51 decks +10% synergy
Thespian's Stage
12% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Mortuary Mire
12% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Karn's Bastion
12% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Castle Locthwain
12% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Unholy Grotto
10% of 51 decks +9% synergy
Westvale Abbey
10% of 51 decks +8% synergy
High Market
10% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
8% of 50 decks -1% synergy
Vesuva
8% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Field of the Dead
8% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Barren Moor
8% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Command Beacon
8% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Rogue's Passage
8% of 51 decks -12% synergy
War Room
6% of 50 decks -0% synergy
Urza's Saga
6% of 50 decks -1% synergy
Deserted Temple
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Blast Zone
6% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Crypt of Agadeem
6% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Strip Mine
6% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
90% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Arcane Signet
73% of 51 decks +0% synergy
Fellwar Stone
20% of 51 decks -1% synergy
Mana Crypt
16% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
12% of 51 decks +7% synergy
Jeweled Lotus
10% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Mox Amber
10% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Chrome Mox
10% of 51 decks +4% synergy
Mana Vault
10% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Commander's Sphere
10% of 51 decks -5% synergy
Mind Stone
10% of 51 decks -7% synergy
Mox Opal
8% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Crowded Crypt
6% of 50 decks +5% synergy
Everflowing Chalice
6% of 51 decks +1% synergy
Thran Dynamo
6% of 51 decks +1% synergy
Thought Vessel
6% of 51 decks -11% synergy
Lands
Overgrown Tomb
71% of 17 decks +28% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
67% of 6 decks +41% synergy
Sunken Hollow
67% of 6 decks +32% synergy
Watery Grave
67% of 6 decks +26% synergy
Godless Shrine
59% of 17 decks +18% synergy
Bountiful Promenade
58% of 12 decks +34% synergy
Temple Garden
58% of 12 decks +18% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
57% of 7 decks +26% synergy
Blood Crypt
57% of 7 decks +19% synergy
Tainted Isle
50% of 6 decks +39% synergy
Underground Sea
50% of 6 decks +36% synergy
Sunpetal Grove
50% of 12 decks +26% synergy
Morphic Pool
50% of 6 decks +24% synergy
Command Tower
49% of 51 decks -25% synergy
Caves of Koilos
47% of 17 decks +19% synergy
Indatha Triome
45% of 11 decks +15% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
43% of 7 decks +10% synergy
Canopy Vista
42% of 12 decks +5% synergy
Isolated Chapel
41% of 17 decks +13% synergy
Vault of Champions
38% of 16 decks +12% synergy
Undergrowth Stadium
38% of 16 decks +11% synergy
Scattered Groves
33% of 12 decks +25% synergy
Sandsteppe Citadel
33% of 12 decks +8% synergy
Fetid Heath
29% of 17 decks +19% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
29% of 17 decks +1% synergy
Verdant Catacombs
27% of 51 decks +16% synergy
Branchloft Pathway
27% of 11 decks +19% synergy
Overgrown Farmland
27% of 11 decks +11% synergy
Savannah
25% of 12 decks +12% synergy
Brushland
25% of 12 decks +9% synergy
Scrubland
24% of 17 decks +10% synergy
Marsh Flats
20% of 51 decks +8% synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
19% of 16 decks +9% synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
19% of 16 decks +6% synergy
Shattered Sanctum
19% of 16 decks +5% synergy
Deathcap Glade
19% of 16 decks +5% synergy
Twilight Mire
18% of 17 decks +8% synergy
Polluted Delta
18% of 51 decks +6% synergy
Tainted Field
18% of 17 decks +4% synergy
Bayou
18% of 17 decks +4% synergy
Temple of Silence
18% of 17 decks -0% synergy
Llanowar Wastes
18% of 17 decks -8% synergy
Windswept Heath
16% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
14% of 51 decks +3% synergy
Cavern of Souls
12% of 51 decks +5% synergy
Wooded Foothills
12% of 51 decks +2% synergy
Myriad Landscape
12% of 51 decks -8% synergy
Evolving Wilds
12% of 51 decks -9% synergy
Exotic Orchard
12% of 51 decks -24% synergy
Mana Confluence
10% of 51 decks +2% synergy
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