Combos with Proper Burial

15 known combos in Commander — View Proper Burial

Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · 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, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain 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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Results: Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Phyrexian Delver, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Phyrexian Delver's toughness.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Junji, adding {C}{C}.
  4. Proper Burial and Junji trigger.
  5. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
  6. Resolve the Junji trigger, causing you to lose 2 life and to put Phyrexian Delver from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  7. Phyrexian Delver enters the battlefield, causing you to return Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield and lose five life.
  8. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
  3. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
  4. Repeat.
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Junji, adding one mana of any color.
  2. Junji dies, triggering itself and Proper Burial.
  3. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
  4. Resolve the Junji trigger, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield and causing you to lose 2 life.
  5. Repeat.
Results: Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Phyrexian Delver, adding one mana of any color.
  2. Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Phyrexian Delver's toughness.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Junji, adding one mana of any color.
  4. Proper Burial and Junji trigger.
  5. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
  6. Resolve the Junji trigger, causing you to lose 2 life and to put Phyrexian Delver from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  7. Phyrexian Delver enters the battlefield, causing you to return Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield and lose five life.
  8. Repeat.
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1
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  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Phyrexian Delver.
  2. Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Phyrexian Delver's toughness.
  3. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
  4. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Junji.
  5. Proper Burial and Junji trigger.
  6. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
  7. Resolve the Junji trigger, causing you to lose 2 life and to put Phyrexian Delver from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  8. Phyrexian Delver enters the battlefield, causing you to return Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield and lose five life.
  9. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability from step 4, causing you to scry 1.
  10. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Cast Timeline Culler either from your hand or from your graveyard for its warp cost by paying {B} and 2 life.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Timeline Culler, adding {B}.
  3. When Timeline Culler dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain 2 life.
  4. Repeat.
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
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  1. Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
  2. When the creature dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
  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.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing it.
  2. When Viscera Seer dies, Mortuary and Proper Burial trigger.
  3. Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Viscera Seer from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain 1 life
  5. Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
  6. Cast Viscera Seer from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
  7. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count
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  1. Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing it.
  2. When Carrion Feeder dies, Mortuary and Proper Burial trigger.
  3. Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Carrion Feeder from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain 1 life
  5. Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
  6. Cast Carrion Feeder from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
  7. Repeat.
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill
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  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Phyrexian Delver.
  2. Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Phyrexian Delver's toughness.
  3. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Phyrexian Delver's power.
  4. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Junji.
  5. Proper Burial and Junji trigger.
  6. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
  7. Resolve the Junji trigger, causing you to lose 2 life and to put Phyrexian Delver from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
  8. Phyrexian Delver enters the battlefield, causing you to return Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield and lose five life.
  9. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability from step 4, causing target player to mill cards equal to Junji's power.
  10. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite lifegain
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  1. Activate Havengul Lich by paying {1}, allowing you to cast a Zombie from your graveyard this turn.
  2. Cast the Zombie from your graveyard by paying {0} due to Rooftop Storm.
  3. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing the Zombie.
  4. When the Zombie dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to the Zombie's toughness.
  5. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {1}.
  7. Repeat.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain
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  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, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain 4 life.
  5. Repeat from step 2.
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite lifegain
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  1. Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing the nontoken creature that can be cast using one colored mana.
  2. When the creature dies, Proper Burial and Enduring Renewal trigger.
  3. Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to the creature's toughness
  4. Resolve the Enduring Renewal trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
  6. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding one mana of any color.
  7. Cast the creature by paying its mana cost.
  8. Repeat.
Results: Infinite self-mill · Near-infinite lifegain triggers · Near-infinite ETB · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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  1. Activate Osteomancer Adept by tapping it.
  2. Cast Priest of Gix from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying {2}{B} and exiling three other cards from your graveyard.
  3. When Priest of Gix enters, it triggers, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  4. Activate Lord of the Forsaken's first ability by paying {B} and sacrificing Priest of Gix.
  5. When Priest of Gix dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain 1 life
  6. Resolve the Lord of the Forsaken ability, causing you to mill three cards.
  7. Activate Lord of the Forsaken's second ability by paying 1 life, adding {C} that can only be spent to cast spells from your graveyard.
  8. Repeat from step 2.
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