the front side of God-Eternal Bontu
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Carnival of Souls
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Deathgreeter
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the front side of Phyrexian Altar
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Color Identity: B

Initial Card State

  1.   God-Eternal Bontu in hand or in the command zone.
  2.  All other permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. Your life total is at least four.
  2. You control less than two Thrulls.

Mana Needed

  1. ({3} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available.

Steps

  1. Cast God-Eternal Bontu either from your hand or from the command zone by paying ({3} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)   and commander tax, if applicable.
  2. Endrek Sahr triggers, creating five 1/1 Thrull creature tokens.
  3. The Thrull tokens enter the battlefield, triggering Carnival of Souls five times.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing two Thrull tokens, adding ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  5. Deathgreeter triggers twice, causing you to gain two life.
  6. Resolve each Carnival of Souls, causing you to lose five life and add ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  ({B} magic symbol)  .
  7. Resolve God-Eternal Bontu from step 1.
  8. God-Eternal Bontu enters the battlefield, triggering its first ability.
  9. Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing God-Eternal Bontu, adding ({B} magic symbol)  .
  10. God-Eternal Bontu's second ability and Deathgreeter trigger.
  11. Resolve the God-Eternal Bontu trigger, causing you to put it into your library third from the top from your graveyard.
  12. Resolve the Deathgreeter trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
  13. Resolve God-Eternal Bontu's first ability from step 8, sacrificing three Thrulls and drawing three cards.
  14. Deathgreeter triggers three times, causing you to gain three life.
  15. Repeat.
  16. Once you have an empty library, you can continue the combo by only sacrificing one Thrull in step 13, and sacrificing the other two Thrulls to Phyrexian Altar.

Results

  1. Infinite card draw.
  2. Infinite colored mana.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite draw triggers.
  5. Infinite creature ETB.
  6. Infinite lifegain.
  7. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  8. Infinite creature LTB.
  9. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 37 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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