Crystalline Crawler + Emiel the Blessed + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Light of Promise

Mana needed: {3}

WBG identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

What must be in place

Light of Promise attached to Crystalline Crawler.
Your devotion to black is at least four, or you have at least two opponents.

How to execute it

  1. Activate Emiel by paying {3}, blinking Gray Merchant.
  2. Gray Merchant enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black, and causing you to gain life equal to the amount of life lost this way.
  3. Crystalline Crawler triggers, putting at least four +1/+1 counters on itself.
  4. Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding {3}.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces