Combos with Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
15 known combos in Commander — View Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Increase Atla's toughness by at least one.
- Activate Mirror Entity an arbitrarily large number of times by paying a total of {0}.
- Resolve the first Mirror Entity ability, causing all creatures you control to have base power and toughness 0/0 and gain all creature types until end of turn.
- All creatures you control except Atla die as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- If Kozilek died this way, it triggers, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Atla triggers once for each creature that died.
- Resolve the first Atla trigger, revealing cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card, then putting the creature card onto the battlefield and all other revealed cards on the bottom of your library.
- Repeat step 7 for each remaining Atla trigger.
- Repeat from step 3 for each remaining Mirror Entity ability.
Results:
Near-infinite damage
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- Cast Morality Shift by paying {5}{B}{B}, exchanging your graveyard and library.
- Syr Konrad triggers once for each creature card that left your graveyard and once for each creature card put into your graveyard; Kozilek also triggers.
- Resolve Kozilek's trigger, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Syr Konrad triggers an additional time for each creature card that left your graveyard.
- Resolve all of Syr Konrad's triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent for each one.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite rummaging
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- Attack with Neheb and Hellkite Charger.
- Hellkite Charger triggers.
- Pay {5}{R}{R} to the trigger, gaining an extra combat phase and untapping all creatures you control.
- Neheb deals combat damage, triggering.
- With Neheb trigger, discard 7 cards and draw 7 cards, discards Kozilek when able, adding {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
- End combat.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite card draw
· Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
· Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
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- Cast Kozilek by paying {10}, triggering Kozilek.
- Holding priority, activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {1}.
- Activate Lithoform's Engine's first ability by paying {2} and tapping it, copying Kozilek's trigger.
- Resolve the copy of Kozilek's trigger, causing you to draw four cards.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Lithoform Engine.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {1}.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Exile your library and graveyard
· Win the game
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- Discard Kozilek if it is in your hand, or kill it if it is on the battlefield.
- Kozilek triggers, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Cast Inverter of Truth by paying {2}{B}{B}.
- When Inverter of Truth enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling your library.
- Cast Thassa's Oracle by paying {U}{U}.
- When Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite looting
· Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite card draw
· Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
· Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
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- Cast Kozilek by paying {10}, triggering Kozilek.
- Holding priority, activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {1}.
- Activate Strionic Resonator by paying {2} and tapping it, copying Kozilek's trigger.
- Resolve the copy of Kozilek's trigger, causing you to draw four cards.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Lithoform Engine.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding at least {1}.
- Activate Mind over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite colored mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding one mana of any color.
- Kozilek and Verdant Succession trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Resolve the Verdant Succession trigger, searching your library for Kozilek, putting it onto the battlefield and shuffling your library.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding {C}{C}.
- Kozilek and Verdant Succession trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Resolve the Verdant Succession trigger, searching your library for Kozilek, putting it onto the battlefield and shuffling your library.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-mill
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- Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Kozilek.
- Kozilek and Verdant Succession trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Resolve the Verdant Succession trigger, searching your library for Kozilek, putting it onto the battlefield and shuffling your library.
- Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 1, causing target player to mill cards equal to Kozilek's power.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Infinite draw triggers for each opponent
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite looting
· Infinite looting for opponents
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
· Infinite mana of colors among permanents you control
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-discard triggers
· Infinite self-discard triggers for opponents
· Infinite untap of creatures
· Infinite untap of creatures you control
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- Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least {U}{R}{G}.
- Activate Jace's Archivist by paying {U} and tapping it, causing each player to discard their hand and draw cards equal to the greatest number of cards discarded by a single player this way.
- Xyris triggers once for each card your opponent draw, and Kozilek triggers if it was discarded.
- Resolve the first Xyris trigger, creating a 1/1 Snake creature token.
- The Snake enters the battlefield, triggering Intruder Alarm, untapping all creatures.
- Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least {U}{R}{G}.
- Repeat from step 4 for each remaining Xyris trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger from step 3, if applicable, causing you to shuffle your graveyard into your library.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite colorless mana
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- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding {C}{C}.
- When Kozilek dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Kozilek and put it into your hand
- Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying {1}, attaching it to the creature.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite self-discard triggers
· Infinite self-mill
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- Activate Anje Falkenrath by tapping it and discarding Necroplasm.
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
- Resolve Anje Falkenrath's ability, choosing to mill two cards and return Necroplasm from your graveyard to your hand instead of drawing.
- Repeat until you mill Kozilek.
- Kozilek triggers, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
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- Activate Captain Sisay by tapping it, searching your library for Kozilek and putting it into your hand.
- Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding Kozilek.
- Kozilek triggers, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Resolve the Mind Over Matter ability, untapping Captain Sisay.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite death triggers
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- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Kozilek, adding {1}.
- When Kozilek dies, it, Heirloom Blade and Deathrender trigger.
- Resolve the Kozilek trigger, shuffling it into your library.
- Resolve the Heirloom Blade trigger, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature that shares a card type with Kozilek and put it into your hand
- Resolve the Deathrender trigger, putting the creature from your hand onto the battlefield and attaching Deathrender to it.
- Activate Heirloom Blade's equip ability by paying {1}, attaching it to the creature.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite recursion of creature cards in your library
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- Cause a creature to enter the battlefield under your control by any method.
- When that creature enters the battlefield, Reaper King triggers, destroying that creature.
- Resolve Atla Palani's trigger, revealing cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card and putting it onto the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 2 until Kozilek enters the battlefield then dies, or until you choose to end the loop by destroying an opponent's permanent.
- If Kozilek dies, it and Atla Palani trigger.
- Resolve Kozilek's trigger, shuffling your graveyard into your library.
- Continue from step 3.
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