Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Resourceful Defense
Altar of Dementia

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
You control at least two additional nontoken creatures, one of which has a coin counter on it.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature with a coin counter on it.
2
When the creature dies, Resourceful Defense and Athreos trigger.
3
Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting a coin counter on another nontoken creature you control.
4
Resolve the Athreos trigger, returning the creature that died in step 1 from your graveyard to the battlefield.
5
Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
6
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite mill
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite self-mill
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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16%synergy
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2%synergy
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6%synergy
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11%synergy
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24%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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33%synergy
Fetid Heath
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31%synergy
Indatha Triome
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14%synergy
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25%synergy
Temple of Silence
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20%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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24%synergy
Marsh Flats
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24%synergy
Lush Portico
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24%synergy
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21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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14%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-5%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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19%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
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20%synergy
Deathcap Glade
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12%synergy
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Overgrown Farmland
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Woodland Cemetery
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Concealed Courtyard
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18%synergy
Scrubland
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10%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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15%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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-1%synergy
Scoured Barrens
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7%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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-1%synergy
Fabled Passage
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Sunlit Marsh
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8%synergy
Desolate Mire
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Silent Clearing
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6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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0%synergy
Windswept Heath
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-2%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.3%inclusion12 decks129 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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-3%synergy
Arid Mesa
7.8%inclusion10 decks129 decks
-2%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
7.0%inclusion9 decks129 decks
6%synergy
Polluted Delta
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-5%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
6.2%inclusion8 decks129 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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-16%synergy
Demolition Field
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2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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0%synergy