Decaying Soil is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile a card from your graveyard. Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this enchantment has "Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay. If you do, return that card to your hand."
How it works : Decaying Soil
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Multiple creatures going to the graveyard at the same time all end up there at once, so either all of them or none of them will cause the trigger to go off, depending on whether or not Threshold was met prior to the creatures going to the graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The ability in Threshold will trigger only if Threshold was met before the creature goes to the graveyard. So the one that causes Threshold to be met will not trigger the ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Decaying Soil + Phyrexian Altar + Ornithopter
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Ornithopter by paying
. - 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Ornithopter, adding .
- 3When Ornithopter dies, Decaying Soil triggers, causing you to pay to return Ornithopter to your hand from your graveyard.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Decaying Soil + Phyrexian Altar + Memnite
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Memnite by paying .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Memnite, adding .
- 3When Memnite dies, Decaying Soil triggers, causing you to pay to return Memnite to your hand from your graveyard.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Decaying Soil + Phyrexian Altar + Phyrexian Walker
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Phyrexian Walker by paying .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Phyrexian Walker, adding .
- 3When Phyrexian Walker dies, Decaying Soil triggers, causing you to pay to return Phyrexian Walker to your hand from your graveyard.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Decaying Soil + Phyrexian Altar + Shield Sphere
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite storm countInfinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTB
- 1Cast Shield Sphere by paying .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Shield Sphere, adding .
- 3When Shield Sphere dies, Decaying Soil triggers, causing you to pay to return Shield Sphere to your hand from your graveyard.
- 4Repeat.
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#5
Decaying Soil + Cathodion + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cathodion, adding
. - 2Cathodion dies, triggering itself and Decaying Soil.
- 3Resolve the Cathodion trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Decaying Soil trigger, causing you to pay to return Cathodion from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Cast Cathodion by paying
. - 6Repeat.
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#6
Decaying Soil + Cathodion + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cathodion, adding .
- 2Cathodion dies, triggering itself and Decaying Soil.
- 3Resolve the Cathodion trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Decaying Soil trigger, causing you to pay to return Cathodion from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Cast Cathodion by paying .
- 6Repeat.
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#7
Blood Pet + Decaying Soil + Carnival of Souls + Blood Artist
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Blood Pet by paying
. - 2When Blood Pet enters the battlefield, Carnival of Souls triggers, causing you to add and lose 1 life.
- 3Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding .
- 4When Blood Pet dies, Decaying Soil and Blood Artist trigger.
- 5Resolve the Decaying Soil trigger, causing you to pay to return Blood Pet from your graveyard to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Blood Artist trigger, causing an opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life.
- 7Repeat.
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#8
Blood Pet + Decaying Soil + Zulaport Cutthroat + Carnival of Souls
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Blood Pet by paying .
- 2When Blood Pet enters the battlefield, Carnival of Souls triggers, causing you to add and lose 1 life.
- 3Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding .
- 4When Blood Pet dies, Decaying Soil and Zulaport Cutthroat trigger.
- 5Resolve the Decaying Soil trigger, causing you to pay to return Blood Pet from your graveyard to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Zulaport Cutthroat trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
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