Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
Resourceful Defense
Phyrexian 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 Phyrexian 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 colored mana
Infinite death triggers
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
8.3%inclusion165 decks2K decks
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
0.5%inclusion10 decks2.19K decks
Atraxa, Grand Unifier
0.0%inclusion2 decks16.2K decks
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
0.0%inclusion2 decks4.51K decks
Shadrix Silverquill
0.0%inclusion1 decks2.81K decks
Celes, Rune Knight
0.0%inclusion1 decks7.96K decks
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
0.0%inclusion1 decks3.38K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks19K decks
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
0.0%inclusion1 decks6.27K decks
The Wandering Minstrel
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0.0%inclusion1 decks42.3K decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks7.34K decks
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2.2%inclusion1 decks45 decks
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0.0%inclusion1 decks3.80K decks
Myrkul, Lord of Bones
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0.3%inclusion1 decks387 decks
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New Cards
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14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
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10%synergy
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8%synergy
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2%synergy
High Synergy Cards
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68%synergy
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60%synergy
The Ozolith
62%inclusion121 decks195 decks
59%synergy
Strionic Resonator
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56%synergy
Reluctant Role Model
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56%synergy
Contractual Safeguard
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54%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
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51%synergy
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50%synergy
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45%synergy
Top Cards
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Path to Exile
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21%synergy
Damn
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23%synergy
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26%synergy
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Teferi's Protection
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17%synergy
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14%synergy
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10%synergy
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11%synergy
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Creatures
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36%synergy
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36%synergy
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Karmic Guide
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Accursed Marauder
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34%synergy
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19%synergy
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
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26%synergy
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21%synergy
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22%synergy
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23%synergy
Witch Enchanter
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18%synergy
Grim Haruspex
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21%synergy
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19%synergy
Massacre Wurm
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19%synergy
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Pitiless Plunderer
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12%synergy
Anticausal Vestige
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14%synergy
Charming Prince
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13%synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
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Enduring Bondwarden
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Instants
Despark
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29%synergy
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7%synergy
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11%synergy
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9%synergy
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10%synergy
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Sorceries
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20%synergy
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33%synergy
Rishkar's Expertise
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28%synergy
Kaya's Wrath
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32%synergy
Victimize
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17%synergy
Wrath of God
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24%synergy
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Damnation
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Sign in Blood
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11%synergy
Vanquish the Horde
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14%synergy
Night's Whisper
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5%synergy
Vindicate
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7%synergy
Diabolic Intent
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4%synergy
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7%synergy
Merciless Eviction
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8%synergy
Read the Bones
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2%synergy
Grim Tutor
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3%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
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2%synergy
Day of Judgment
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4%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
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3%synergy
End Hostilities
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5%synergy
Debt to the Deathless
5.1%inclusion10 decks195 decks
2%synergy
Living Death
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0%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Great Henge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Skullclamp
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18%synergy
Altar of Dementia
26%inclusion51 decks195 decks
24%synergy
Panharmonicon
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20%synergy
Lithoform Engine
22%inclusion43 decks195 decks
21%synergy
Whip of Erebos
17%inclusion34 decks195 decks
14%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion29 decks195 decks
7%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
12%inclusion24 decks195 decks
-15%synergy
Lightning Greaves
11%inclusion22 decks195 decks
-13%synergy
Bolas's Citadel
11%inclusion21 decks195 decks
3%synergy
The One Ring
11%inclusion21 decks195 decks
2%synergy
Jet Medallion
10%inclusion20 decks195 decks
7%synergy
Pearl Medallion
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6%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
8.1%inclusion9 decks111 decks
5%synergy
Helm of the Host
7.2%inclusion14 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Archaeomancer's Map
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Enchantments
Phyrexian Arena
41%inclusion80 decks195 decks
26%synergy
Black Market Connections
35%inclusion68 decks195 decks
23%synergy
Animate Dead
31%inclusion61 decks195 decks
22%synergy
Black Market
30%inclusion59 decks195 decks
26%synergy
Land Tax
29%inclusion57 decks195 decks
23%synergy
Grave Pact
22%inclusion43 decks195 decks
17%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
22%inclusion43 decks195 decks
17%synergy
Dictate of Erebos
19%inclusion38 decks195 decks
16%synergy
Blind Obedience
16%inclusion32 decks195 decks
10%synergy
Debtors' Knell
14%inclusion28 decks195 decks
13%synergy
Ghostly Prison
14%inclusion28 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Trouble in Pairs
13%inclusion26 decks195 decks
9%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
12%inclusion24 decks195 decks
6%synergy
Vampiric Rites
8.7%inclusion17 decks195 decks
6%synergy
Exquisite Blood
7.7%inclusion15 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Teleportation Circle
7.2%inclusion14 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Authority of the Consuls
7.2%inclusion14 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.7%inclusion13 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Cathars' Crusade
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Meathook Massacre II
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5%synergy
Grave Betrayal
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
5%synergy
Necromancy
5.1%inclusion10 decks195 decks
2%synergy
Planeswalkers
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
12%inclusion24 decks195 decks
9%synergy
The Eternal Wanderer
6.7%inclusion13 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Kaya the Inexorable
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
5%synergy
Utility Lands
Phyrexian Tower
53%inclusion103 decks195 decks
44%synergy
Bojuka Bog
44%inclusion86 decks195 decks
14%synergy
Cabal Coffers
42%inclusion82 decks195 decks
33%synergy
High Market
37%inclusion72 decks195 decks
34%synergy
Reliquary Tower
33%inclusion65 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Vault of the Archangel
27%inclusion53 decks195 decks
15%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
23%inclusion44 decks195 decks
17%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
21%inclusion41 decks195 decks
12%synergy
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
18%inclusion36 decks195 decks
12%synergy
Urza's Saga
18%inclusion35 decks195 decks
11%synergy
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
17%inclusion33 decks195 decks
10%synergy
Castle Locthwain
16%inclusion31 decks195 decks
12%synergy
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
13%inclusion13 decks98 decks
11%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
11%inclusion12 decks107 decks
8%synergy
Westvale Abbey
9.2%inclusion18 decks195 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
8.7%inclusion17 decks195 decks
0%synergy
Arcane Lighthouse
8.2%inclusion16 decks195 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cottage
7.2%inclusion14 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
6.7%inclusion13 decks195 decks
2%synergy
War Room
6.7%inclusion13 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Rogue's Passage
6.2%inclusion12 decks195 decks
-14%synergy
Endless Sands
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
5%synergy
Karn's Bastion
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Minas Tirith
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
88%inclusion171 decks195 decks
4%synergy
Arcane Signet
85%inclusion165 decks195 decks
12%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
56%inclusion110 decks195 decks
30%synergy
Orzhov Signet
55%inclusion107 decks195 decks
32%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion62 decks195 decks
11%synergy
Mind Stone
30%inclusion58 decks195 decks
15%synergy
The Soul Stone
21%inclusion18 decks86 decks
17%synergy
Commander's Sphere
15%inclusion30 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Thought Vessel
14%inclusion28 decks195 decks
-3%synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
11%inclusion21 decks195 decks
11%synergy
Mana Vault
8.7%inclusion17 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.2%inclusion14 decks195 decks
-1%synergy
Chrome Mox
6.7%inclusion13 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Lotus Petal
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
5.1%inclusion10 decks195 decks
1%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
90%inclusion176 decks195 decks
16%synergy
Godless Shrine
75%inclusion147 decks195 decks
34%synergy
Isolated Chapel
72%inclusion140 decks195 decks
38%synergy
Vault of Champions
69%inclusion134 decks195 decks
45%synergy
Indatha Triome
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Temple Garden
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Overgrown Tomb
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Savai Triome
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Zagoth Triome
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
55%inclusion108 decks195 decks
40%synergy
Marsh Flats
54%inclusion105 decks195 decks
43%synergy
Caves of Koilos
52%inclusion101 decks195 decks
23%synergy
Fetid Heath
46%inclusion89 decks195 decks
32%synergy
Tainted Field
45%inclusion87 decks195 decks
32%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
43%inclusion83 decks195 decks
28%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
39%inclusion77 decks195 decks
31%synergy
Scrubland
38%inclusion75 decks195 decks
25%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
38%inclusion55 decks145 decks
30%synergy
Lush Portico
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Underground Mortuary
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
37%inclusion73 decks195 decks
27%synergy
Temple of Silence
34%inclusion66 decks195 decks
17%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
29%inclusion56 decks195 decks
16%synergy
Myriad Landscape
21%inclusion41 decks195 decks
5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
21%inclusion40 decks195 decks
-16%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
19%inclusion38 decks195 decks
14%synergy
Silent Clearing
17%inclusion34 decks195 decks
13%synergy
Desolate Mire
15%inclusion29 decks194 decks
9%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
14%inclusion27 decks195 decks
10%synergy
Scoured Barrens
14%inclusion27 decks195 decks
5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
14%inclusion27 decks195 decks
-7%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion25 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
11%inclusion21 decks195 decks
0%synergy
Windswept Heath
10%inclusion20 decks195 decks
-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
10%inclusion19 decks195 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
10%inclusion19 decks195 decks
-5%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
9.2%inclusion18 decks195 decks
7%synergy
Flooded Strand
9.2%inclusion18 decks195 decks
-2%synergy
Polluted Delta
9.2%inclusion18 decks195 decks
-3%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.2%inclusion16 decks195 decks
3%synergy
Arid Mesa
8.2%inclusion16 decks195 decks
-2%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
7.6%inclusion14 decks184 decks
7%synergy
Urza's Cave
5.8%inclusion11 decks189 decks
3%synergy
City of Brass
5.6%inclusion11 decks195 decks
-2%synergy