Emiel the Blessed + Workhorse Combos

4 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite ETB Infinite LTB Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature Infinite blinking Infinite colorless mana

Combo 1

Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB
Steps
  1. Remove 3 +1/+1 counters from Workhorse to add {3}.
  2. Activate Emiel to exile Workhorse and return it to the battlefield with 4 counters.
  3. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Supply Runners + Cryptic Trilobite

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you control · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Activate Emiel by paying {3}, blinking Supply Runners.
  2. When Supply Runners enters the battlefield, it triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
  3. Activate Workhorse by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}.
  4. Activate Cryptic Trilobite's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding {C}{C} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Sunbond + Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite blinking · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying {3}, blinking Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
  2. When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black, and causing you to gain that much life.
  3. Workhorse triggers, putting at least three +1/+1 counters on itself.
  4. Activate Workhorse three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {C}{C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.
  6. If your devotion to black is at least four, this combo nets infinite +1/+1 counters on Workhorse and colorless mana.

Combo 4 with Light of Promise + Gray Merchant of Asphodel

Results: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite blinking · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite LTB
Show steps
  1. Activate Emiel the Blessed by paying {3}, blinking Gray Merchant of Asphodel.
  2. When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black, and causing you to gain that much life.
  3. Workhorse triggers, putting at least three +1/+1 counters on itself.
  4. Activate Workhorse three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {C}{C}{C}.
  5. Repeat.
  6. If your devotion to black is at least four, this combo nets infinite +1/+1 counters on Workhorse and colorless mana.
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