I'm not a fan of all of those "mainstream" combos, I want something with a little more pizazz! The kind of game where I can look at my board state and go "Hold on guys... I think I win." Two and three card combos are just too easy, I'd much rather figure something out with Sol Ring, Trading Post, a
Dross Scorpion
, and a few other zany artifacts. Which is why I built Chainer, Dementia Master. He's not the fastest deck, he's not the greatest deck, but damn, I love him! He's a bit of a budget deck, so he could probably be much better, but I'm a poor college student, so I take what I can get. Suggestions are welcome!
So, here's a brief list of just some of the possible wins with
Chainer, Dementia Master.
The original combo, the one that started it all:
Chainer, Dementia Master
+
Phyrexian Altar
+
Blood Artist
+
Grave Titan
Sac the Titan and his zombies for three black mana, deal three damage to an opponent and gain three life with the Artist, use the mana and life to bring back Titan with Chainer, ad infinitum.
Alternatives in the original:
Creatures!Titan can be replaced directly with
Precursor Golem,
Sengir Autocrat
,
Sepulchral Primordial, or a combination of effects like
Genesis Chamber,
Pawn of Ulamog,
Illusionist's Bracers on Chainer, and
Ogre Slumlord.
Lifegain Artist can be replaced by
Falkenrath Noble, or
Deathgreeter
+
Sanguine Bond
, or, if Grave Titan has been replaced with something like
Precursor Golem,
Disciple of the Vault
+
Exquisite Blood
will work.
Chainer, Dementia Master
+
Phyrexian Altar
Replacements
Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle
Phyrexian Reclamation
+
Deathrender
+
Ashnod's Altar + Phyrexian Altar
The Altar can be replaced by
Astral Cornucopia
+
Dross Scorpion
if the Cornucopia has 3+ counters on it, there is at least one artifact creature in "Creatures!", and you have an additional sac outlet.
So, that was the primary combo of the deck, large and tedious. But we have many more ridiculous, convoluted combos to go! Onward!
Miscellaneous Combos
Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp + Zombie Infestation
: Discard 2 cards to draw 2 cards and add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool. gg
Garza's Assassin
+
Genesis Chamber
+
Astral Cornucopia
+
Dross Scorpion
(3+ counters) + something from "Lifegain". gg
Dross Scorpion
+
Sol Ring
+
Genesis Chamber
+
Skullclamp
, while not infinite, can be added to the original combo if you don't have anything from ''Lifegain'' yet, allowing you to dig for it and add colorless to your mana pool as you go.
Astral Cornucopia can replace the Sol Ring, also potentially replacing Phyrexian Altar altogether, as seen in "Replacements".
All four Station cards are also in the deck. Obviously not an original combo, but how could i pass up that sort of power?
Summoning Station
in particular has a lot of promise.
I've gotten bored of this for now, but trust me, I barely scratched the surface of stupid in this deck. I'll continue this some other time. If you have the time, I'd love to see what others can come up with. Good luck!
