Doomsday Excruciator
Phenax, God of Deception
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Phenax on the battlefield. | |
| Doomsday Excruciator in hand. | |
| You control at least one creature that does not have summoning sickness. | |
| available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying . |
2 | When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each library face down. |
3 | Activate a creature you control by tapping it, causing an opponent to mill cards equal to the creature's toughness. |
4 | Repeat step 3 as desired and/or able. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Near-infinite mill | |
| Near-infinite self-mill |
Combo Metadata
926
DECKS
0.09%
OF 982368 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 3000
MOST PLAYED OF 34804 COMBOS
{ } Commander Bracket Information
In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2
Exhibition and Core
(no 2-card combos)
The community has determined this is a true 2-card combo.
3
Upgraded
(no early game 2-card combos)
The community has determined this isn't an early game combo.
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.
Combo Voting
Does the community think this a true 2-card combo (both trivial prerequisites and significant results)? Do they think it can be executed early game?
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0.05% of 7821 decks
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2.33% of 172 decks
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+98% synergy
The Water Crystal
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+46% synergy
Singularity Rupture
39% of 132 decks
+37% synergy
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33% of 3 decks
+33% synergy
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+30% synergy
High Synergy Cards
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83% of 924 decks
+79% synergy
Maddening Cacophony
77% of 924 decks
+75% synergy
Ruin Crab
70% of 924 decks
+68% synergy
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68% of 924 decks
+67% synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
67% of 924 decks
+66% synergy
Fractured Sanity
66% of 924 decks
+64% synergy
The Mindskinner
61% of 882 decks
+59% synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
56% of 924 decks
+55% synergy
Cruel Somnophage
55% of 924 decks
+53% synergy
Drown in the Loch
58% of 924 decks
+52% synergy
Top Cards
Counterspell
55% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
53% of 924 decks
+44% synergy
Traumatize
51% of 924 decks
+50% synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
50% of 924 decks
+49% synergy
Psychic Corrosion
48% of 924 decks
+46% synergy
The Ancient One
47% of 924 decks
+46% synergy
Mind Grind
47% of 924 decks
+45% synergy
Tree of Perdition
46% of 924 decks
+45% synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
45% of 924 decks
+44% synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
44% of 924 decks
+43% synergy
Game Changers
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29% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Rhystic Study
28% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Demonic Tutor
22% of 924 decks
+2% synergy
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20% of 15 decks
+16% synergy
Enlightened Tutor
20% of 15 decks
+4% synergy
Deflecting Swat
19% of 21 decks
+3% synergy
Underworld Breach
14% of 21 decks
+8% synergy
Notion Thief
12% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Seedborn Muse
10% of 31 decks
+2% synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
6% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Creatures
Nighthowler
43% of 924 decks
+42% synergy
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
43% of 924 decks
+42% synergy
Eater of the Dead
39% of 924 decks
+39% synergy
Nemesis of Reason
39% of 924 decks
+37% synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
38% of 924 decks
+38% synergy
Wall of Frost
37% of 924 decks
+36% synergy
Hedron Crab
36% of 924 decks
+34% synergy
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
35% of 31 decks
+28% synergy
Mortivore
35% of 924 decks
+35% synergy
Fleet Swallower
34% of 924 decks
+33% synergy
Glowing One
32% of 31 decks
+31% synergy
The Master, Transcendent
32% of 31 decks
+29% synergy
Sire of Stagnation
32% of 924 decks
+29% synergy
Corrupted Shapeshifter
29% of 924 decks
+28% synergy
Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
29% of 924 decks
+28% synergy
Sewer Nemesis
28% of 924 decks
+27% synergy
Birds of Paradise
26% of 31 decks
-2% synergy
Silent Arbiter
25% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Hover Barrier
24% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
24% of 924 decks
+23% synergy
Eternal Witness
23% of 31 decks
+4% synergy
Caelorna, Coral Tyrant
22% of 560 decks
+22% synergy
Guiltfeeder
21% of 924 decks
+21% synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
21% of 924 decks
+20% synergy
Ioreth of the Healing House
21% of 924 decks
+20% synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
20% of 924 decks
+20% synergy
Queza, Augur of Agonies
20% of 15 decks
+18% synergy
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
20% of 15 decks
+18% synergy
Athreos, God of Passage
20% of 15 decks
+18% synergy
Inquisitive Glimmer
20% of 15 decks
+17% synergy
Tato Farmer
19% of 31 decks
+18% synergy
Hermit Druid
19% of 31 decks
+18% synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Jace's Phantasm
18% of 924 decks
+17% synergy
Manic Scribe
17% of 924 decks
+17% synergy
Six
16% of 31 decks
+11% synergy
Ramunap Excavator
16% of 31 decks
+9% synergy
Undead Alchemist
16% of 924 decks
+15% synergy
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
15% of 924 decks
+15% synergy
Wall of Lost Thoughts
15% of 924 decks
+15% synergy
Fog Bank
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
14% of 21 decks
+12% synergy
Kess, Dissident Mage
14% of 21 decks
+10% synergy
Dreamborn Muse
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Soulless Jailer
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Avatar of Woe
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Glacial Wall
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Riddlekeeper
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
The Haunt of Hightower
14% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Strong, the Brutish Thespian
13% of 31 decks
+12% synergy
Instants
Visions of Beyond
36% of 924 decks
+36% synergy
Swords to Plowshares
33% of 15 decks
-29% synergy
Dramatic Reversal
33% of 924 decks
+28% synergy
Didn't Say Please
31% of 924 decks
+30% synergy
Thought Collapse
26% of 924 decks
+26% synergy
Negate
26% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Dark Ritual
26% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Drown in Dreams
25% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Archive Trap
23% of 924 decks
+23% synergy
Putrefy
23% of 31 decks
+7% synergy
Assassin's Trophy
23% of 31 decks
-8% synergy
Psychic Strike
22% of 924 decks
+21% synergy
Mana Drain
21% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Inkshield
20% of 15 decks
+14% synergy
Void Rend
20% of 15 decks
+6% synergy
Anguished Unmaking
20% of 15 decks
-4% synergy
Path to Exile
20% of 15 decks
-27% synergy
Arcane Denial
19% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Atomize
19% of 31 decks
+15% synergy
Inspiring Call
19% of 31 decks
+11% synergy
Terminate
19% of 21 decks
-1% synergy
Chaos Warp
19% of 21 decks
-12% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
19% of 924 decks
-4% synergy
Brainstorm
18% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Thought Scour
18% of 924 decks
+16% synergy
Withering Torment
17% of 878 decks
+9% synergy
Crypt Incursion
17% of 924 decks
+16% synergy
Fierce Guardianship
16% of 924 decks
-2% synergy
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16% of 924 decks
-0% synergy
Rakdos Charm
14% of 21 decks
-0% synergy
Grisly Spectacle
13% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
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13% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
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13% of 31 decks
+9% synergy
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-17% synergy
Aetherize
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+6% synergy
Fell the Profane
12% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Deadly Rollick
12% of 924 decks
-0% synergy
Mystical Tutor
12% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Swan Song
12% of 924 decks
-5% synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
12% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Memory Plunder
12% of 924 decks
+10% synergy
Sink into Stupor
10% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Pongify
10% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Growth Spiral
10% of 31 decks
-12% synergy
Beast Within
10% of 31 decks
-26% synergy
Infernal Grasp
8% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Force of Will
8% of 924 decks
-3% synergy
Go for the Throat
8% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Reality Shift
7% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Psychic Spiral
7% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Sorceries
Cultivate
39% of 31 decks
-5% synergy
Blasphemous Act
38% of 21 decks
+5% synergy
Cut Your Losses
35% of 924 decks
+34% synergy
Breach the Multiverse
35% of 924 decks
+31% synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
31% of 924 decks
+29% synergy
Rampant Growth
29% of 31 decks
-5% synergy
Farseek
29% of 31 decks
-6% synergy
Mind Funeral
28% of 924 decks
+28% synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
28% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Windfall
26% of 924 decks
+14% synergy
Reanimate
24% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Toxic Deluge
23% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Redress Fate
20% of 15 decks
+19% synergy
Farewell
20% of 15 decks
+7% synergy
Damn
20% of 15 decks
+4% synergy
Feed the Swarm
20% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Vandalblast
19% of 21 decks
+3% synergy
Damnation
18% of 924 decks
+11% synergy
Life from the Loam
16% of 31 decks
+12% synergy
Extract from Darkness
16% of 924 decks
+14% synergy
Jeska's Will
14% of 21 decks
-2% synergy
Casualties of War
13% of 31 decks
+8% synergy
Three Visits
13% of 31 decks
-12% synergy
Nuclear Fallout
11% of 924 decks
+10% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Find // Finality
10% of 31 decks
+8% synergy
Harmonize
10% of 31 decks
+2% synergy
Pilfered Plans
10% of 924 decks
+9% synergy
Clash of the Eikons
8% of 12 decks
+7% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8% of 735 decks
+2% synergy
Increasing Confusion
8% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Whispering Madness
8% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Peer into the Abyss
8% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Ponder
7% of 924 decks
-5% synergy
Treasure Cruise
7% of 924 decks
+2% synergy
Startled Awake
7% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Scheming Symmetry
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Mind Sculpt
6% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Eldritch Pact
6% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Grim Tutor
6% of 924 decks
+2% synergy
Dread Summons
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Sign in Blood
6% of 924 decks
-3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Mesmeric Orb
43% of 924 decks
+41% synergy
The Wind Crystal
33% of 3 decks
+29% synergy
The Fire Crystal
33% of 3 decks
+29% synergy
Lightning Greaves
31% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Thousand-Year Elixir
28% of 924 decks
+26% synergy
Altar of the Brood
27% of 924 decks
+26% synergy
Riverchurn Monument
25% of 563 decks
+24% synergy
Bonehoard
25% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Hedge Shredder
19% of 31 decks
+16% synergy
The Earth Crystal
17% of 12 decks
+12% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
16% of 924 decks
-11% synergy
Keening Stone
16% of 924 decks
+16% synergy
Grindstone
14% of 924 decks
+14% synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
12% of 924 decks
+11% synergy
Altar of Dementia
10% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
10% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Power Fist
10% of 31 decks
+8% synergy
Sapphire Medallion
8% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Tormod's Crypt
8% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
7% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Profane Memento
7% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Isochron Scepter
7% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
The Darkness Crystal
7% of 286 decks
+3% synergy
Folio of Fancies
7% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Illusionist's Bracers
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Whispersilk Cloak
6% of 924 decks
+2% synergy
Soul-Guide Lantern
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Enchantments
Fraying Sanity
44% of 924 decks
+43% synergy
Memory Erosion
41% of 924 decks
+40% synergy
Propaganda
39% of 924 decks
+26% synergy
Court of Cunning
38% of 924 decks
+37% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
27% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Sphinx's Tutelage
27% of 924 decks
+26% synergy
Sphere of Safety
27% of 15 decks
+22% synergy
Ghostly Prison
27% of 15 decks
+15% synergy
Unstoppable Plan
23% of 563 decks
+21% synergy
Guardian Project
23% of 31 decks
+14% synergy
Phyrexian Arena
22% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Greater Auramancy
20% of 15 decks
+18% synergy
Land Tax
20% of 15 decks
+13% synergy
Smothering Tithe
20% of 15 decks
-3% synergy
Intruder Alarm
20% of 924 decks
+18% synergy
Leyline of the Void
16% of 924 decks
+15% synergy
Mystic Remora
15% of 924 decks
-2% synergy
Freed from the Real
14% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
13% of 924 decks
+13% synergy
Branching Evolution
13% of 31 decks
+7% synergy
Hardened Scales
13% of 31 decks
+3% synergy
Vault 87: Forced Evolution
10% of 31 decks
+9% synergy
Undergrowth Recon
10% of 31 decks
+9% synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
10% of 31 decks
+5% synergy
Animate Dead
10% of 924 decks
+0% synergy
Black Market Connections
9% of 924 decks
-3% synergy
Endless Evil
9% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Pemmin's Aura
8% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
No Mercy
8% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Patient Rebuilding
8% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Virtue of Persistence
6% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
5% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Ashiok, Dream Render
27% of 924 decks
+24% synergy
Jace, the Perfected Mind
19% of 924 decks
+18% synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
19% of 924 decks
+18% synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
11% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
9% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
8% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Jace Beleren
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
50% of 924 decks
+20% synergy
Nephalia Drownyard
38% of 924 decks
+36% synergy
Reliquary Tower
35% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
29% of 924 decks
+20% synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
27% of 286 decks
+24% synergy
Restless Reef
23% of 924 decks
+21% synergy
Rogue's Passage
20% of 924 decks
-0% synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
19% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Shifting Woodland
16% of 31 decks
+9% synergy
Temple of the False God
15% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
15% of 924 decks
-1% synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
15% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Cabal Coffers
14% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13% of 924 decks
+9% synergy
Kishla Village
12% of 24 decks
+11% synergy
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
12% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Boseiju, Who Endures
10% of 31 decks
-9% synergy
Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy
8% of 12 decks
+6% synergy
Mortuary Mire
8% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Ancient Tomb
8% of 924 decks
-2% synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
7% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
7% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Halimar Depths
5% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
91% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Arcane Signet
84% of 924 decks
+11% synergy
Dimir Signet
60% of 924 decks
+33% synergy
Talisman of Dominance
53% of 924 decks
+21% synergy
Orzhov Signet
33% of 15 decks
+8% synergy
Relic of Sauron
29% of 21 decks
+20% synergy
Rakdos Signet
29% of 21 decks
+1% synergy
Azorius Signet
27% of 15 decks
+3% synergy
Talisman of Progress
27% of 15 decks
+1% synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
27% of 15 decks
+1% synergy
Fellwar Stone
26% of 924 decks
+5% synergy
Talisman of Resilience
26% of 31 decks
+13% synergy
Mind Stone
26% of 924 decks
+10% synergy
Thought Vessel
25% of 924 decks
+8% synergy
Izzet Signet
24% of 21 decks
-2% synergy
Talisman of Creativity
24% of 21 decks
-5% synergy
Commander's Sphere
21% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
16% of 31 decks
+3% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
14% of 21 decks
-13% synergy
Golgari Signet
13% of 31 decks
+1% synergy
Midnight Clock
11% of 924 decks
+6% synergy
Simic Signet
10% of 31 decks
-3% synergy
Charcoal Diamond
8% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Sky Diamond
8% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Altar of the Pantheon
7% of 924 decks
+7% synergy
Thran Dynamo
6% of 924 decks
+1% synergy
Gilded Lotus
6% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Dimir Locket
5% of 924 decks
+4% synergy
Lands
Command Tower
86% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Sunken Hollow
65% of 924 decks
+30% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
60% of 924 decks
+33% synergy
Watery Grave
50% of 924 decks
+10% synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
48% of 924 decks
+29% synergy
Raffine's Tower
47% of 15 decks
+21% synergy
Arcane Sanctum
47% of 15 decks
+18% synergy
Godless Shrine
47% of 15 decks
+7% synergy
Opulent Palace
45% of 31 decks
+17% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
44% of 924 decks
+29% synergy
Choked Estuary
44% of 924 decks
+27% synergy
Hallowed Fountain
40% of 15 decks
+0% synergy
Tainted Isle
39% of 924 decks
+28% synergy
Woodland Cemetery
39% of 31 decks
+8% synergy
Overgrown Tomb
39% of 31 decks
-2% synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
38% of 21 decks
+8% synergy
Blood Crypt
38% of 21 decks
+1% synergy
Steam Vents
38% of 21 decks
+0% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
38% of 924 decks
+23% synergy
Morphic Pool
38% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Temple of Deceit
36% of 924 decks
+21% synergy
Hinterland Harbor
35% of 31 decks
+4% synergy
Polluted Delta
34% of 924 decks
+23% synergy
Tainted Field
33% of 15 decks
+20% synergy
Isolated Chapel
33% of 15 decks
+2% synergy
Underground River
33% of 924 decks
+12% synergy
Zagoth Triome
32% of 31 decks
+3% synergy
Gloomlake Verge
30% of 883 decks
+21% synergy
Breeding Pool
29% of 31 decks
-11% synergy
Xander's Lounge
29% of 21 decks
+4% synergy
Training Center
29% of 21 decks
+2% synergy
Exotic Orchard
27% of 924 decks
-10% synergy
Shattered Sanctum
27% of 15 decks
+12% synergy
Adarkar Wastes
27% of 15 decks
+5% synergy
Vault of Champions
27% of 15 decks
+2% synergy
Caves of Koilos
27% of 15 decks
-3% synergy
Prairie Stream
27% of 15 decks
-7% synergy
Tainted Wood
26% of 31 decks
+12% synergy
Bleachbone Verge
25% of 12 decks
+17% synergy
Blazemire Verge
24% of 21 decks
+13% synergy
Luxury Suite
24% of 21 decks
-2% synergy
Clearwater Pathway
24% of 924 decks
+15% synergy
Evolving Wilds
23% of 924 decks
+2% synergy
Hedge Maze
23% of 31 decks
+12% synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
23% of 31 decks
+2% synergy
Myriad Landscape
21% of 924 decks
+3% synergy
Contaminated Landscape
20% of 15 decks
+13% synergy
Floodfarm Verge
20% of 15 decks
+11% synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
20% of 15 decks
+10% synergy
Orzhov Basilica
20% of 15 decks
+4% synergy