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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4%synergy
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-17%synergy
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29%synergy
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21%synergy
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23%synergy
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18%synergy
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22%synergy
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22%synergy
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1%synergy
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27%synergy
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17%synergy
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13%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
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3%synergy
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6%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
Rogue's Passage
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1%synergy
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1%synergy
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10%synergy
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18%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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9%synergy
Mind Stone
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14%synergy
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2%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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Lands
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19%synergy
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17%synergy
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56%inclusion68 decks121 decks
27%synergy
Tainted Field
52%inclusion63 decks121 decks
39%synergy
Indatha Triome
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23%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
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9%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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35%synergy
Vault of Champions
49%inclusion59 decks121 decks
25%synergy
Fetid Heath
45%inclusion54 decks121 decks
31%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
42%inclusion51 decks121 decks
28%synergy
Lush Portico
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
32%synergy
Underground Mortuary
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
29%synergy
Canopy Vista
42%inclusion5 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Marsh Flats
39%inclusion47 decks121 decks
28%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
24%synergy
Temple of Silence
36%inclusion44 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
30%inclusion36 decks121 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
29%inclusion35 decks121 decks
13%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
28%inclusion34 decks121 decks
20%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-8%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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17%synergy
Deathcap Glade
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
12%synergy
Golgari Rot Farm
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Overgrown Farmland
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Sandsteppe Citadel
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-1%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
-7%synergy
Scrubland
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11%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
20%inclusion24 decks121 decks
14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
19%inclusion23 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Scoured Barrens
16%inclusion19 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion18 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Desolate Mire
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
8%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion17 decks121 decks
-1%synergy
Silent Clearing
12%inclusion14 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
12%inclusion14 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
11%inclusion13 decks121 decks
7%synergy
Windswept Heath
10%inclusion12 decks121 decks
-1%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.1%inclusion11 decks121 decks
-2%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
8.3%inclusion10 decks121 decks
-14%synergy
Arid Mesa
7.4%inclusion9 decks121 decks
-3%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
5%synergy
Polluted Delta
6.6%inclusion8 decks121 decks
-5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
1%synergy
Reflecting Pool
5.8%inclusion7 decks121 decks
1%synergy