Celes, Rune Knight
Woe Strider

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
All permanents on the battlefield (Persist Creature without a -1/-1 counter on it on the battlefield).

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the persist creature.
2
When the persist creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
3
When the persist creature enters the battlefield, Celes's second ability triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
4
Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
5
Repeat.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite scry 1
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
Celes, Rune Knight
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22%synergy
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8%synergy
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Mana Artifacts
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19%synergy
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2%synergy
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41%synergy
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35%synergy
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21%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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12%synergy
Orzhov Signet
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7%synergy
Rakdos Signet
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4%synergy
Mind Stone
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13%synergy
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7%synergy
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-1%synergy
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4%synergy
Lands
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18%synergy
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31%synergy
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34%synergy
Clifftop Retreat
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30%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
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29%synergy
Nomad Outpost
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32%synergy
Battlefield Forge
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32%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
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34%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
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16%synergy
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34%synergy
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32%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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21%synergy
Caves of Koilos
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13%synergy
Graven Cairns
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32%synergy
Godless Shrine
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-1%synergy
Sacred Foundry
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2%synergy
Blood Crypt
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-1%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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21%synergy
Shineshadow Snarl
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21%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
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18%synergy
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25%synergy
Furycalm Snarl
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17%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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10%synergy
Sunscorched Divide
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23%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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17%synergy
Savai Triome
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4%synergy
Arid Mesa
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17%synergy
Marsh Flats
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17%synergy
Vault of Champions
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0%synergy
Luxury Suite
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-1%synergy
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0%synergy
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16%synergy
Shattered Landscape
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13%synergy
Sunlit Marsh
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17%synergy
Shattered Sanctum
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6%synergy
Sacred Peaks
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15%synergy
Haunted Ridge
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2%synergy
Geothermal Bog
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15%synergy
Sundown Pass
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2%synergy
Demolition Field
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14%synergy
Raucous Theater
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7%synergy
Shadowy Backstreet
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7%synergy
Elegant Parlor
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8%synergy
Temple of Silence
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-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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0%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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3%synergy
Temple of Triumph
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-3%synergy
Temple of Malice
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-1%synergy
Bleachbone Verge
12%inclusion79 decks659 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
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0%synergy