Combos with Tortured Existence

15 known combos in Commander — View Tortured Existence

Kheru Goldkeeper Kheru Goldkeeper Tortured Existence Tortured Existence
Results: Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Kheru Goldkeeper triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  3. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Peregrine Drake Peregrine Drake
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{B}{B}.
  2. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding Peregrine Drake, targeting any other creature card in your graveyard.
  3. Hashaton triggers, causing you to pay {2}{U} to create a token copy of Peregrine Drake that is a 4/4 Zombie.
  4. When the Peregrine Drake token enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to five lands.
  5. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning the targeted creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, targeting Peregrine Drake.
  7. Hashaton triggers. Choose not to pay.
  8. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning Peregrine Drake from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Repeat.
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Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Teval, the Balanced Scale Teval, the Balanced Scale
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Teval triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Insidious Roots Insidious Roots
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Tormod, the Desecrator Tormod, the Desecrator
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Tormod triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Palinchron Palinchron
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite copies of creature cards in your graveyard that are 4/4 Zombies · Infinite tapped creature tokens · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{B}{B}.
  2. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding Palinchron, targeting any other creature card in your graveyard.
  3. Hashaton triggers, causing you to pay {2}{U} to create a token copy of Palinchron that is a 4/4 Zombie.
  4. When the Palinchron token enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning the targeted creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, targeting Palinchron.
  7. Hashaton triggers. Choose not to pay.
  8. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning Palinchron from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Repeat.
1,180 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Insidious Roots Insidious Roots Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  3. Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
1,129 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Syr Konrad, the Grim Syr Konrad, the Grim Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyresis Phyresis
Results: Each opponent loses the game
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card.
  2. The creature card is put into your graveyard, triggering Syr Konrad, causing it to deal one infect damage to each opponent.
  3. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. The creature card leaves your graveyard, triggering Syr Konrad, causing it to deal one infect damage to each opponent.
  5. Repeat four more times.
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Syr Konrad, the Grim Syr Konrad, the Grim K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth Tortured Existence Tortured Existence
Results: Infinite damage · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers · Near-infinite lifegain
Show steps
  1. Give Syr Konrad lifelink, if needed.
  2. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} or 2 life and discarding a creature card.
  3. Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and causing you to gain life equal to the damage dealt.
  4. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Syr Konrad triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent and causing you to gain life equal to the damage dealt.
  6. Repeat.
976 decks Colorless View on Commander Spellbook →
Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Insidious Roots Insidious Roots Anger Anger
Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite ETB · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite tapped creature tokens
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
  3. Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Bone Miser Bone Miser Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card.
  2. Bone Miser triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
  3. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Zombie, adding {B}.
  5. Repeat.
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Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Phyrexian Altar Phyrexian Altar Desecrated Tomb Desecrated Tomb
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Desecrated Tomb triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {B}.
  4. Repeat.
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Syr Konrad, the Grim Syr Konrad, the Grim Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Tainted Strike Tainted Strike
Results: Each opponent loses the game
Show steps
  1. Cast Tainted Strike targeting Syr Konrad.
  2. Activate Tortured Existence five times discarding a creature to return another creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Syr Konrad triggers ten times, giving each opponent ten poison counters.
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Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Pitiless Plunderer Pitiless Plunderer Ashnod's Altar Ashnod's Altar Tormod, the Desecrator Tormod, the Desecrator
Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite self-discard triggers
Show steps
  1. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
  2. Tormod triggers, creating a creature token.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature token, adding {C}{C}.
  4. When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
  5. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  6. Repeat.
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Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Tortured Existence Tortured Existence Great Whale Great Whale
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite self-discard triggers · Infinite copies of creature cards in your graveyard that are 4/4 Zombies · Infinite tapped creature tokens · Infinite untap of lands you control
Show steps
  1. Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{B}{B}.
  2. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding Great Whale, targeting any other creature card in your graveyard.
  3. Hashaton triggers, causing you to pay {2}{U} to create a token copy of Great Whale that is a 4/4 Zombie.
  4. When the Great Whale token enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning the targeted creature from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Activate Tortured Existence by paying {B} and discarding a creature card, targeting Great Whale.
  7. Hashaton triggers. Choose not to pay.
  8. Resolve the Tortured Existence ability, returning Great Whale from your graveyard to your hand.
  9. Repeat.
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