Phyrexian Altar
Pawn of Ulamog

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
The Balrog in the command zone.
Phyrexian Altar and Pawn of Ulamog on the battlefield.
The Balrog must be your commander.
There have been a number of permanents sacrificed this turn equal to five plus The Balrog's commander tax.
available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast The Balrog from the command zone by paying .
2
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing The Balrog, adding .
3
Choose to return The Balrog to the command zone from your graveyard.
4
When The Balrog dies, it and Pawn of Ulamog trigger.
5
Resolve the Balrog trigger, destroying any artifact and/or creature an opponent controls.
6
Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
7
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Eldrazi Spawn, adding .
8
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite commander casts
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
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11%synergy
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10%synergy
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-23%synergy
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7%synergy
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-6%synergy
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7%synergy
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Enchantments
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37%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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13%synergy
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
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24%synergy
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4%synergy
Utility Lands
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37%synergy
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21%synergy
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3%synergy
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12%synergy
Command Beacon
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22%synergy
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21%synergy
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19%synergy
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16%synergy
The Black Gate
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15%synergy
Cabal Coffers
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8%synergy
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5%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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5%synergy
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-1%synergy
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7%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
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Spymaster's Vault
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4%synergy
Field of Ruin
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
Witch's Clinic
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Ghost Quarter
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4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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9%synergy
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2%synergy
Rakdos Signet
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-8%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
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Mind Stone
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-4%synergy
Lotus Petal
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Fellwar Stone
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-11%synergy
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3%synergy
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Liquimetal Torque
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2%synergy
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Jeweled Lotus
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4%synergy
Lands
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7%synergy
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Haunted Ridge
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13%synergy
Fabled Passage
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38%synergy
Mount Doom
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27%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
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13%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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27%synergy
Graven Cairns
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3%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion34 decks106 decks
24%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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1%synergy
Arid Mesa
31%inclusion33 decks106 decks
23%synergy
Marsh Flats
30%inclusion32 decks106 decks
22%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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14%synergy
Evolving Wilds
29%inclusion31 decks106 decks
8%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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20%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
25%inclusion27 decks106 decks
-20%synergy
Scalding Tarn
24%inclusion25 decks106 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
23%inclusion24 decks106 decks
-9%synergy
Tainted Peak
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-19%synergy
Temple of Malice
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-13%synergy
Wooded Foothills
20%inclusion21 decks106 decks
13%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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-16%synergy
Raucous Theater
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-4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
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-16%synergy
Badlands
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2%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
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-5%synergy
Canyon Slough
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-8%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
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6%synergy
Rocky Tar Pit
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4%synergy
Maestros Theater
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3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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-10%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
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-13%synergy