Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Resourceful Defense
Ashnod's Altar

   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 Ashnod's Altar 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
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
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Utility Artifacts
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15%synergy
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34%synergy
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22%synergy
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20%synergy
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20%synergy
Debtors' Knell
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13%synergy
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10%synergy
Ghostly Prison
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7%synergy
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13%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
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8%synergy
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5%synergy
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0%synergy
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4%synergy
Spirit-Sister's Call
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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13%synergy
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8%synergy
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19%synergy
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32%synergy
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28%synergy
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30%synergy
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19%synergy
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18%synergy
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
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2%synergy
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3%synergy
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8%synergy
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2%synergy
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4%synergy
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2%synergy
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-1%synergy
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2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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8%synergy
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41%synergy
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32%synergy
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23%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
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-11%synergy
Thought Vessel
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1%synergy
The Soul Stone
16%inclusion36 decks221 decks
12%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
12%inclusion56 decks451 decks
12%synergy
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4%synergy
Worn Powerstone
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4%synergy
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3%synergy
Lands
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18%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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42%synergy
Godless Shrine
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21%synergy
Tainted Field
58%inclusion263 decks451 decks
46%synergy
Caves of Koilos
57%inclusion258 decks451 decks
28%synergy
Vault of Champions
52%inclusion234 decks451 decks
28%synergy
Zagoth Triome
50%inclusion6 decks12 decks
23%synergy
Fetid Heath
49%inclusion222 decks451 decks
36%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
49%inclusion221 decks451 decks
35%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
49%inclusion219 decks451 decks
33%synergy
Indatha Triome
45%inclusion9 decks20 decks
18%synergy
Temple Garden
45%inclusion9 decks20 decks
6%synergy
Savai Triome
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Temple of Silence
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27%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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30%synergy
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15%synergy
Breeding Pool
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0%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
40%inclusion8 decks20 decks
-1%synergy
Hallowed Fountain
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
-4%synergy
Watery Grave
36%inclusion5 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
33%inclusion149 decks451 decks
25%synergy
Marsh Flats
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22%synergy
Sandsteppe Citadel
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4%synergy
Raffine's Tower
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5%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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13%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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19%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
27%inclusion121 decks451 decks
17%synergy
Exotic Orchard
25%inclusion115 decks451 decks
-11%synergy
Scoured Barrens
24%inclusion110 decks451 decks
16%synergy
Arcane Sanctum
21%inclusion3 decks14 decks
-6%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
21%inclusion93 decks451 decks
15%synergy
Lush Portico
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
11%synergy
Underground Mortuary
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
7%synergy
Brushland
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
0%synergy
Woodland Cemetery
20%inclusion4 decks20 decks
-12%synergy
Evolving Wilds
20%inclusion88 decks451 decks
-1%synergy
Scrubland
18%inclusion81 decks451 decks
4%synergy
Desolate Mire
16%inclusion74 decks451 decks
10%synergy
Bountiful Promenade
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
-7%synergy
Llanowar Wastes
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
-12%synergy
Canopy Vista
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
-21%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion61 decks451 decks
-1%synergy
Silent Clearing
12%inclusion52 decks451 decks
7%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
11%inclusion51 decks451 decks
7%synergy
Fabled Passage
9.3%inclusion42 decks451 decks
0%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
6.7%inclusion30 decks451 decks
3%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
6.0%inclusion27 decks451 decks
4%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.0%inclusion27 decks451 decks
-16%synergy
Demolition Field
5.3%inclusion24 decks451 decks
2%synergy
Forsaken Sanctuary
5.1%inclusion23 decks451 decks
4%synergy