Combos with Blood Artist

15 known combos in Commander — View Blood Artist

Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader
Gravecrawler Gravecrawler Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Gravecrawler.
  2. When Gravecrawler dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  5. Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying {B}.
  6. Repeat.
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Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader
Forsaken Miner Forsaken Miner Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Forsaken Miner.
  2. When Forsaken Miner dies, Blood Artist triggers, targeting an opponent.
  3. Forsaken Miner triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Resolve the Blood Artist ability, causing you to gain 1 life and causing an opponent to lose 1 life.
  5. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  7. Repeat.
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Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Chatterfang, Squirrel General Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite Treasure tokens
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
  4. Repeat.
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Forsaken Miner Forsaken Miner
Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Forsaken Miner, adding {B}.
  2. When Forsaken Miner dies, Blood Artist triggers.
  3. When you commit that crime, Forsaken Miner triggers, causing you to pay {B} to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing target opponent to lose 1 life and gaining 1 life.
  5. Repeat.
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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Nest of Scarabs Nest of Scarabs Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Near-infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite lifeloss
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  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any other creature and causing you to draw a card.
  4. If the creature who had the counter placed has 0 toughness, it dies as a state-based action.
  5. Nest of Scarabs triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
  6. Repeat until your opponents do not control any more creatures, or until you draw your library.
  7. If you have cards remaining in your library, you may repeat this combo any time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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Mikaeus, the Unhallowed Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite Treasure tokens
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing the persist creature.
  2. When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers if it didn't have a -1/-1 counter on it, and its undying ability triggers if it didn't have a +1/+1 counter on it. Blood Artist also triggers regardless.
  3. Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing target opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  4. Resolve the persist trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  5. Resolve the undying trigger, if applicable, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  6. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  7. Repeat
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Tombstone Stairwell Tombstone Stairwell Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite lifegain · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite lifegain triggers
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  1. At the beginning of each upkeep, Tombostone Stairwell's first ability triggers, causing each player to create a 2/2 Zombie creature token for each creature card in their graveyard.
  2. At the beginning of each end step, Tombstone Stairwell's second ability triggers, destroying all tokens created by it.
  3. When the token(s) die, Blood Artist triggers that many times, causing an opponent to lose that much life and you to gain that much life.
  4. Repeat during each turn.
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Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Destroy all creatures opponents control · Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control · Infinite -1/-1 counters · Near-infinite card draw · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers · Lock
Show steps
  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature, targeting any creature an opponent controls.
  2. The sacrificed creature dies, triggering Blood Artist, causing an opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature an opponent controls, and causing you to draw a card.
  4. Hapatra's second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Snake creature token.
  5. Repeat.
  6. You may also repeat this loop whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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Oathsworn Vampire Oathsworn Vampire
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Oathsworn Vampire, adding {2}.
  2. Pitiless Plunderer and Blood Artist trigger.
  3. Resolve Pitiless Plunderer's ability, creating a Treasure token.
  4. Activate the Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  5. Resolve Blood Artist's ability, causing target opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  6. Cast Oathsworn Vampire from your graveyard by paying {1}{B}.
  7. Repeat.
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Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Scurry Oak Scurry Oak
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
Show steps
  1. Cast Yawgmoth by paying {2}{B}{B}.
  2. When Yawgmoth enters the battlefield, Scurry Oak's evolve ability triggers.
  3. Holding priority, activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature.
  4. When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  5. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on Scurry Oak and causing you to draw a card.
  6. Resolve the Scurry Oak trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it, triggering Scurry Oak's second ability.
  7. Holding priority, activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature.
  8. When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  9. Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on Scurry Oak and causing you to draw a card.
  10. Resolve the Scurry Oak trigger, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
  11. When the Squirrel enters the battlefield, Scurry Oak's evolve ability triggers.
  12. Repeat from step 6.
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Trudge Garden Trudge Garden
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
Show steps
  1. Gain any amount of life.
  2. Trudge Garden triggers, causing you to pay {2} to create a 4/4 Fungus Beast creature token.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Fungus Beast, adding {C}{C}.
  4. When the Fungus Beast dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
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Warren Soultrader Warren Soultrader
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Stridehangar Automaton Stridehangar Automaton
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite Treasure tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
  4. Repeat.
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Tenacious Dead Tenacious Dead
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill
Show steps
  1. Sacrifice Tenacious Dead to Ashnod's Altar, generating {2}.
  2. Pitiless Plunderer, Blood Artist, and Tenacious Dead trigger; stack the triggers to resolve in that order.
  3. Pitiless Plunderer generates a Treasure token; crack it to float {B}.
  4. Blood Artist drains each opponent for 1.
  5. Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying {1}{B} to return it to the battlefield from the graveyard.
  6. Repeat the sacrifice-recursion loop draining opponent infinitely with Blood Artist triggers.
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Ghave, Guru of Spores Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar
Young Wolf Young Wolf
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Young Wolf, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Young Wolf's undying ability and Blood Artist trigger.
  3. Resolve the Young Wolf undying trigger, returning Young Wolf from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
  4. Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing a player to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
  5. Activate Ghave's second ability by paying {1} and removing a +1/+1 counter from Young Wolf, creating a 1/1 Saproling creature token.
  6. Repeat.
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Junji, the Midnight Sky Junji, the Midnight Sky
Viscera Seer Viscera Seer
Blood Artist Blood Artist
Karmic Guide Karmic Guide
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1
Show steps
  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
  2. When Karmic Guide dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  3. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  4. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Junji.
  5. When Junji dies, it and Blood Artist trigger.
  6. Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
  7. Resolve the Junji trigger, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield and causing you to lose 2 life.
  8. When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  9. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  10. Repeat.
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