Pontiff of Blight 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
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)
How it works : Pontiff of Blight
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may pay
a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The extort ability doesn't target any player.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.
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
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Leshrac's Sigil + Pontiff of Blight
Near-infinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Leshrac's Sigil by paying 4 life, enabled by K'rrik's ability.
- 2When you cast Leshrac's Sigil, each creature you control's extort ability from Pontiff of Blight triggers.
- 3Resolve an extort trigger by paying 2 life as enabled by K'rrik, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and gaining 3 life.
- 4Resolve seven additional extort triggers, netting 7 additional life.
- 5Activate Leshrac's Sigil's last ability by paying 4 life, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Gravecrawler + Viscera Seer
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Gravecrawler, causing you to scry 1.
- 2Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying
or 2 life due to K'rrik. - 3K'rrik triggers, as well as each creature you control's extort ability.
- 4Resolve the first K'rrik trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay or 2 life due to K'rrik, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 6Repeat step 5 for each remaining trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
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#3
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Gravecrawler + Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Gravecrawler, putting a +1/+1 counter on Carrion Feeder.
- 2Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying or 2 life due to K'rrik.
- 3K'rrik triggers, as well as each creature you control's extort ability.
- 4Resolve the first K'rrik trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay or 2 life due to K'rrik, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 6Repeat step 5 for each remaining trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
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#4
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Gravecrawler + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Gravecrawler, adding
. - 2Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying or 2 life due to K'rrik.
- 3K'rrik triggers, as well as each creature you control's extort ability.
- 4Resolve the first K'rrik trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay or 2 life due to K'rrik, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 6Repeat step 5 for each remaining trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
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#5
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Gravecrawler + Altar of Dementia
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Gravecrawler, causing target player to mill cards equal to its power.
- 2Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying or 2 life due to K'rrik.
- 3K'rrik triggers, as well as each creature you control's extort ability.
- 4Resolve the first K'rrik trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay or 2 life due to K'rrik, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 6Repeat step 5 for each remaining trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 1.
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#6
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Mourning + Helm of Awakening
Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifelossNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite storm count
- 1Cast Mourning by paying 2 life if able, or otherwise.
- 2Each creature you control's extort ability triggers.
- 3Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay 2 life if able, or otherwise, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 4Repeat step 3 for each remaining extort trigger.
- 5Resolve Mourning, attaching it to a creature you control.
- 6Activate Mourning by paying 2 life, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Repeat until an opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
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#7
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Mourning + Jet Medallion
Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifelossNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite storm count
- 1Cast Mourning by paying 2 life if able, or otherwise.
- 2Each creature you control's extort ability triggers.
- 3Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay 2 life if able, or otherwise, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 4Repeat step 3 for each remaining extort trigger.
- 5Resolve Mourning, attaching it to a creature you control.
- 6Activate Mourning by paying 2 life, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Repeat until an opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
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#8
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Pontiff of Blight + Mourning + The Darkness Crystal
Near-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifelossNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite storm count
- 1Cast Mourning by paying 2 life if able, or otherwise.
- 2Each creature you control's extort ability triggers.
- 3Resolve the first extort trigger, causing you to pay 2 life if able, or otherwise, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain that much life.
- 4Repeat step 3 for each remaining extort trigger.
- 5Resolve Mourning, attaching it to a creature you control.
- 6Activate Mourning by paying 2 life, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Repeat until an opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
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