Combos with Pestilence
15 known combos in Commander — View Pestilence
Results:
Destroy all creatures opponents control during each turn
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- During any turn, activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Each creature your opponents control dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- Repeat each turn as desired.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
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- Activate the permanent by tapping it, adding {B}.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Cacophodon and Rite of Passage trigger.
- Resolve the Rite of Passage trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- Resolve the Cacophodon trigger, untapping the permanent that can produce {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite lifeloss for target opponent
· Target opponent loses the game
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- Activate Vhati il-Dal by tapping it, causing Tree of Perdition to have base toughness 1 until end of turn.
- Activate Tree of Perdition by tapping it, swapping an opponent's life total with Tree of Perdition's toughness.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- The opponent targeted in step 2 loses the game due to having zero life.
- You may repeat this during each of your turns if your life total allows.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Near-infinite black mana
· Near-infinite damage
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- Cast Angel's Grace by paying {W}, preventing you from losing the game this turn.
- Cast Ad Nauseum by paying {3}{B}{B}, putting your entire library in your hand and losing life equal to the total converted mana cost of those cards.
- Activate Skirge Familiar many times by discarding your entire hand, adding {B} for each card discarded.
- Actviate Pestilence many times by paying {B} each time, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player each time.
Results:
Near-infinite creature tokens
· Near-infinite damage to creatures
· Near-infinite damage to all players
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite mana basic lands you control can produce
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- Activate a basic Swamp by tapping it, adding {B}.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Each Polyraptor you control triggers, creating that many token copies of Polyraptor.
- Activate Earthcraft by tapping an untapped Polyraptor, untapping the basic Swamp.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite proliferate
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Urban Daggertooth triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Urban Daggertooth and a charge counter on Pentad Prism.
- Activate Pentad Prism's ability by removing a charge counter from it, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite damage
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Sprouting Phytohydra triggers, creating a token copy of itself.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the damaged Sprouting Phytohydra, adding {B}.
- Repeat until each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Results:
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
· Near-infinite damage
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- Give Vigor indestructible by any method.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature you don't control, Vigor and each player, and putting a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control due to Vigor.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {B}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite damage
· Infinite proliferate
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Urban Daggertooth triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Urban Daggertooth and a charge counter on Gemstone Array.
- Activate Gemstone Array's second ability by removing a charge counter from it, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite card draw
· Infinite draw triggers
· Near-infinite black mana
· Near-infinite damage
· Near-infinite green mana
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- Cast Angel's Grace by paying {W}, preventing you from losing the game this turn.
- Cast Ad Nauseam by paying {3}{B}{B}, putting your entire library into your hand and losing life equal to each card's mana value.
- Activate Cadaverous Bloom by exiling a card from your hand, adding {B}{B}.
- Activate Pestilence twice by paying {B}{B}, dealing 2 damage to each creature and each player.
- Your life total is instead set to one due to Angel's Grace.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite damage
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each player and each creature your opponent control.
- Darien triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Soldier token, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Each opponent loses the game
· Near-infinite damage
· Near-infinite death triggers
· Near-infinite ETB
· Near-infinite LTB
· Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each player.
- Darien triggers, creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Soldier token, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite colored mana
· Infinite damage
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
· Near-infinite damage
· Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you
· Lock
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- Cast Gideon's Sacrifice by paying {W}, causing all damage that would be dealt this turn to you or to permanents you control to be dealt to Crystalline Crawler instead.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Gideon's Sacrifice redirects damage to Crawler, which results in at least three +1/+1 counters being placed on it instead due to Vigor.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first activated ability at least once by removing at least one +1/+1 counter from it, adding at least {B}.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
· Infinite damage
· Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control
· Near-infinite damage
· Infinite colored mana
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- Cast Saving Grace by paying {1}{W}.
- Saving Grace enters the battlefield attached to Crystalline Crawler, triggering itself, causing all damage that would be dealt to you or permanents you control this turn to be dealt to Crystalline Crawler instead.
- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Saving Grace's ability redirects damage to Crystalline Crawler, which results in at least three +1/+1 counters being placed on it instead due to Vigor.
- Activate Crystalline Crawler's first activated ability at least once by removing at least one +1/+1 counter from it, adding at least {B}.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Near-infinite colored mana
· Near-infinite Treasure tokens
· Near-infinite damage to all players
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- Activate Pestilence by paying {B}, dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- Sonic triggers for each creature you control with haste or flash that is dealt damage, creating that many tapped Treasure tokens.
- When the Treasure(s) enter, Amulet of Vigor triggers that many times, untapping the Treasure(s).
- Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Repeat.
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