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All 15 Combos with Tenacious Dead

Creature — Skeleton Warrior·· CMC 1

15 combos found

Tenacious Dead

Combos with Tenacious Dead

Creature — Skeleton Warrior · CMC 1 · 15 combos

Discover 15 known combos featuring Tenacious Dead in Magic: The Gathering. Each combo lists the required cards, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions.

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Mana: Infinite LTB, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Ashnod's Altar, generating {2}. Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}. Zulaport Cutthroat drains each opponent for 1. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, floating {1} with each iteration and draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.

Cards:

, Ashnod's Altar

, Pitiless Plunderer

, Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Blood Artist

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB, Infinite mill

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Ashnod's Altar, generating {2}. Pitiless Plunderer, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}. Blood Artist drains each opponent for 1. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Ashnod's Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}. Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}. Zulaport Cutthroat drains target opponent for 1. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Phyrexian Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}. Pawn of Ulamog, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pawn of Ulamog generates an Eldrazi Spawn token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Zulaport Cutthroat triggers again). Resolve two Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Phyrexian Altar, Pawn of Ulamog, Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog + Blood Artist

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}. Pawn of Ulamog, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pawn of Ulamog generates an Eldrazi Spawn token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Blood Artist triggers again). Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Phyrexian Altar, Pawn of Ulamog, Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Sifter of Skulls + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}. Sifter of Skulls, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Zulaport Cutthroat triggers again). Resolve two Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Phyrexian Altar, Sifter of Skulls, Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Sifter of Skulls + Blood Artist

Infinite Life: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Phyrexian Altar, generating {B}. Sifter of Skulls, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to generate {1} (Blood Artist triggers again). Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Phyrexian Altar, Sifter of Skulls, Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Mayhem Devil

Infinite Mana: Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Ashnod's Altar, generating {2}. Pitiless Plunderer, Mayhem Devil, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}. Mayhem Devil triggers again. Both Mayhem Devil triggers deals 1 damage each to an opponent for 2 damage. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying{1} {B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop inflicting damage to opponent infinitely with Mayhem Devil triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Ashnod's Altar, Pitiless Plunderer, Mayhem Devil

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Pawn of Ulamog

Infinite Mana: Infinite colored mana, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens with 0 power, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite self-mill, Infinite mill, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite Treasure tokens

Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Tenacious Dead. When Tenacious Dead dies, it triggers itself, Pitiless Plunderer and Pawn of Ulamog. Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token. Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill one card. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}. Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding {C}. When the Eldrazi Spawn dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token. Resolve Tenacious Dead's ability from step 2, paying {1}{B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat any number of times. Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may repeat this loop spending mana from Treasures instead of Eldrazi Spawns in step 7, giving you infinite Eldrazi Spawn tokens.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Altar of Dementia, Pitiless Plunderer, Pawn of Ulamog

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Mana: Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB, Infinite mill

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Altar of Dementia, milling target opponent for 2. Sifter of Skulls, Pitiless Plunderer, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to float {1} (Pitiless Plunderer and Zulaport Cutthroat trigger again). Resolve two Pitiless Plunderer triggers, generating two Treasure tokens; crack one to float {B}. Resolve two Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, gaining one Treasure token per loop and draining opponent infinitely with Zulaport Cutthroat triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Altar of Dementia, Pitiless Plunderer, Sifter of Skulls, Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Blood Artist

Infinite Mana: Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifeloss, Infinite LTB, Infinite mill

Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Altar of Dementia, milling target opponent for 2. Sifter of Skulls, Pitiless Plunderer, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order. Sifter of Skulls generates an Eldrazi Scion token; sacrifice it to float {1} (Pitiless Plunderer and Blood Artist trigger again). Resolve two Pitiless Plunderer triggers, generating two Treasure tokens; crack one to float {B}. Resolve two Blood Artist triggers, draining opponent for 2. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop, gaining one Treasure token per loop and draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Altar of Dementia, Pitiless Plunderer, Sifter of Skulls, Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Mycosynth Lattice

Other: Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers

Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding {C}{C}. Tenacious Dead dies, causing you to pay {2} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Ashnod's Altar, Mycosynth Lattice

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Chromatic Orrery

Other: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers

Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding {C}{C}. Tenacious Dead dies, causing you to pay {2} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Ashnod's Altar, Chromatic Orrery

Tenacious Dead + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Mycosynth Lattice

Other: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers

Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding {C}{C}. Tenacious Dead dies, causing you to pay {2} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Repeat.

Cards: Tenacious Dead, Krark-Clan Ironworks, Mycosynth Lattice

Fain, the Broker + Thornbite Staff + Crystalline Crawler + Tenacious Dead

Other: Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite sacrifice triggers

Activate Fain's first ability by tapping it and sacrificing Tenacious Dead. Tenacious Dead dies, triggering itself and Fain. Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, causing you to pay {1}{B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, putting two +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability twice by removing two counters from it, adding {B}{B}. Repeat.

Cards: Fain, the Broker, Thornbite Staff, Crystalline Crawler, Tenacious Dead

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15 combos found

Tenacious Dead

Ashnod's Altar

Pitiless Plunderer

Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Mana5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Ashnod's Altar

Pitiless Plunderer

Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Blood Artist

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Phyrexian Altar

Pitiless Plunderer

Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Phyrexian Altar

Pawn of Ulamog

Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Phyrexian Altar

Pawn of Ulamog

Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog + Blood Artist

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Phyrexian Altar

Sifter of Skulls

Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Sifter of Skulls + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Phyrexian Altar

Sifter of Skulls

Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Sifter of Skulls + Blood Artist

Infinite Life5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Ashnod's Altar

Pitiless Plunderer

Mayhem Devil

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Mayhem Devil

Infinite Mana5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Altar of Dementia

Pitiless Plunderer

Pawn of Ulamog

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Pawn of Ulamog

Infinite Mana5.04 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Altar of Dementia

Pitiless Plunderer

Sifter of Skulls

Zulaport Cutthroat

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Zulaport Cutthroat

Infinite Mana5.05 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Altar of Dementia

Pitiless Plunderer

Sifter of Skulls

Blood Artist

Tenacious Dead + Altar of Dementia + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Blood Artist

Infinite Mana5.05 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Ashnod's Altar

Mycosynth Lattice

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Mycosynth Lattice

Other6.03 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Ashnod's Altar

Chromatic Orrery

Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Chromatic Orrery

Other6.03 pieces

Tenacious Dead

Krark-Clan Ironworks

Mycosynth Lattice

Tenacious Dead + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Mycosynth Lattice

Other6.03 pieces

Fain, the Broker

Thornbite Staff

Crystalline Crawler

Tenacious Dead

Fain, the Broker + Thornbite Staff + Crystalline Crawler + Tenacious Dead

Other5.04 pieces