Rowan, Scion of War
Debt to the Deathless
Necropotence

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Debt to the Deathless in hand.
Rowan and Necropotence on the battlefield.
Your life total is equal to or greater than half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up. Rowan does not have summoning sickness.
available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library.
2
Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up.
3
Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
4
Cast Debt to the Deathless, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of due to Rowan's ability.
5
Resolve Debt to the Deathless, causing each opponent to lose twice X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
6
Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Each opponent loses the game
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifeloss
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7%synergy
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Mana Artifacts
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13%synergy
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25%synergy
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7%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
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20%synergy
Rakdos Signet
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3%synergy
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6%synergy
Boros Signet
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2%synergy
Mind Stone
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Lands
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35%synergy
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39%synergy
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25%synergy
Marsh Flats
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49%synergy
Savai Triome
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35%synergy
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31%synergy
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43%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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16%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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40%synergy
Vault of Champions
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27%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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18%synergy
Luxury Suite
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21%synergy
Battlefield Forge
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17%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
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9%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
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7%synergy
Spectator Seating
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17%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
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13%synergy
City of Brass
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23%synergy
Mana Confluence
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18%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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3%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
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15%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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7%synergy
Sundown Pass
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6%synergy
Fetid Heath
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7%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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-1%synergy
Voldaren Estate
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17%synergy
Scoured Barrens
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9%synergy
Plateau
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6%synergy
Badlands
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5%synergy
Scrubland
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5%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
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2%synergy
Haunted Ridge
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-1%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
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-17%synergy
Shattered Landscape
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8%synergy
Silent Clearing
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10%synergy
Wind-Scarred Crag
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8%synergy
Boros Garrison
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2%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
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0%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
13%inclusion7 decks55 decks
-2%synergy
Sunbaked Canyon
11%inclusion6 decks55 decks
6%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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6%synergy
Reflecting Pool
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6%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion6 decks55 decks
0%synergy
Polluted Delta
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-1%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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-1%synergy
Graven Cairns
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0%synergy
Windswept Heath
9.1%inclusion5 decks55 decks
-2%synergy
Rugged Prairie
9.1%inclusion5 decks55 decks
-5%synergy