Thran Vigil
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield.
The persist creature does not have a -1/-1 counter on it. It is your turn.

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the persist creature.
2
When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3
Thran Vigil triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on the persist creature.
4
Resolve the Shilgengar ability
5
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite Blood tokens
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High Synergy Cards
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15%synergy
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11%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
Grave Pact
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Planeswalkers
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Utility Lands
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16%synergy
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4%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
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11%synergy
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-7%synergy
Seraph Sanctuary
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10%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
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-1%synergy
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-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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3%synergy
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-16%synergy
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22%synergy
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22%synergy
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18%synergy
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13%synergy
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12%synergy
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3%synergy
Mind Stone
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2%synergy
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1%synergy
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-7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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4%synergy
Thought Vessel
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-9%synergy
Lands
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-1%synergy
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28%synergy
Isolated Chapel
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21%synergy
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40%synergy
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Battlefield Forge
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Clifftop Retreat
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15%synergy
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35%synergy
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17%synergy
Sunpetal Grove
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15%synergy
Fetid Heath
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27%synergy
Shattered Landscape
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29%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
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22%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
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14%synergy
Savai Triome
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13%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
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18%synergy
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6%synergy
Orzhov Basilica
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18%synergy
Godless Shrine
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-9%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
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-7%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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15%synergy
Tainted Field
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14%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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12%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
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20%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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14%synergy
Concealed Courtyard
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16%synergy
Desolate Mire
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15%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
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13%synergy
Scoured Barrens
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10%synergy
Vault of Champions
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-8%synergy
Brightclimb Pathway
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Marsh Flats
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
14%inclusion5 decks37 decks
-2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-3%synergy
Orzhov Guildgate
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7%synergy
Ash Barrens
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6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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-10%synergy
Neglected Manor
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9%synergy
Great Hall of Starnheim
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8%synergy
Silverquill Campus
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7%synergy
Forlorn Flats
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7%synergy
Snowfield Sinkhole
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
6%synergy
Demolition Field
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
5%synergy
Prismatic Vista
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3%synergy
Reflecting Pool
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
3%synergy
Fabled Passage
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-1%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
8.1%inclusion3 decks37 decks
-3%synergy