Cryptic Trilobite + Emiel the Blessed + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Sunbond

Mana needed: {3}

WBG identity

Commander legal

The 4 combo pieces

What must be in place

Sunbond attached to Cryptic Trilobite.

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. Cryptic Trilobite triggers, putting at least two +1/+1 counters on itself.
  4. Activate Cryptic Trilobite's first ability twice by removing two +1/+1 counters from it, adding {C}{C}{C}{C} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  5. Repeat.

What the combo produces