Combos with Necropotence
15 known combos in Commander — View Necropotence
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Near-infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite looting
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- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life.
- Vilis triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Sheoldred's first ability triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- Repeat as desired.
- Resolve all Necropotence abilities.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
· Near-infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite looting
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- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life.
- Repeat step 1 until you have 0 life.
- Resolve all Necropotence abilities.
- Cast Repay in Kind by paying {5}{B}{B}, causing each opponent's life total to become 0.
- Each opponent loses the game as a state-based action due to having 0 life.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library.
- Repeat step 1 until you have paid an amount of life equal to the highest life total among your opponents.
- Activate Rowan by tapping it, reducing the cost of all black and/or red spells you cast this turn.
- Cast Exsanguinate, choosing for X to equal the amount of life you've lost this turn, but paying a total of {B}{B} due to Rowan's ability.
- Resolve Exsanguinate, causing each opponent to lose X life, and you to gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Approach of the Second Sun
Necropotence
Results:
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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- Cast Approach of the Second Sun by paying {6}{W}, causing you to gain seven life and put it into your library seventh from the top.
- Activate Necroptoence seven times by paying seven life, exiling the top seven cards of your library.
- At the beginning of your end step, Necropotence triggers, putting all cards exiled with it from your library into your hand.
- During your cleanup step, if necessary, discard cards until you reach your maximum hand size, ensuring not to discard Approach of the Second Sun.
- During your next turn, cast Approach of the Second Sun by paying {6}{W}, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Near-infinite lifeloss
· Near-infinite card draw
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- Activate Vizkopa Guildmage's second ability by paying {1}{W}{B}, causing each opponent to lose life whenever you gain life this turn.
- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life.
- Repeat step 2 until you have 1 life.
- Activate Children of Korils by sacrificing it, causing you to gain life equal to the amount of life you've lost this turn.
- Vizkopa Guildmage triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to the amount of life you gained.
Results:
Near-infinite lifeloss
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- Activate Vizkopa Guildmage's second ability.
- Activate Necropotence until you are at 1 life.
- Sacrifice Tainted Sigil.
- You gain life equal to the amount of life lost by all players this turn, and each opponent loses that much life.
Results:
Infinite self-discard triggers
· Near-infinite lifegain
· Near-infinite lifegain triggers
· Infinite draw triggers
· Exile your library
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- Proceed to your cleanup step, causing you to discard cards down to your maximum hand size.
- Necropotence triggers for each card discarded.
- Resolve the first trigger, exiling the discarded card from your graveyard.
- Ketramose triggers, causing you to draw a card and lose 1 life.
- Sheoldred triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
- Discard cards down until your maximum hand size, as the cleanup step is still onging.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
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- On the end step prior to your turn, activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 1 until you have one life.
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Near-Death Experience triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Target player loses the game on each of your turns
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- At the beginning of your upkeep, Axis of Mortality triggers.
- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 2 until you have zero life.
- Resolve the Axis of Mortality trigger, swapping your life total with an opponent.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.
- You may repeat this on each of your turns.
Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
Necropotence
Results:
Exile your library
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- Activate Necropotence by exiling the top card of your library due to Ashiok, exiling the top card of your library.
- Repeat.
Results:
Target player loses the game on each of your turns
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- At the beginning of your upkeep, Axis of Mortality triggers.
- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 2 until you have zero life.
- Resolve the Axis of Mortality trigger, swapping your life total with an opponent.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.
- You may repeat this on each of your turns.
Results:
Target player loses the game on each of your turns
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- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 1 until you have zero life.
- Activate Soul Conduit by paying {6} and tapping it, exchanging your life total with an opponent's.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.
- You may repeat this on each of your turns.
Results:
Target player loses the game
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- During your upkeep, activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 1 until you have zero life.
- Activate Magus of the Mirror by tapping and sacrificing it, exchanging your life total with an opponent.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.
Results:
Target player loses the game on each of your turns
Show steps
- Activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 1 until you have zero life.
- Activate Soul Conduit by paying {6} and tapping it, exchanging your life total with an opponent's.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.
- You may repeat this on each of your turns.
Results:
Target player loses the game
Show steps
- During your upkeep, activate Necropotence by paying 1 life, exiling the top card of your library face down.
- Repeat step 1 until you have zero life.
- Activate Magus of the Mirror by tapping and sacrificing it, exchanging your life total with an opponent.
- The opponent loses the game due to having zero life.