Proper Burial 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
Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
How it works : Proper Burial
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Proper Burial
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Gravecrawler.
- 2When Gravecrawler dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
. - 5Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying .
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Proper Burial
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Proper Burial and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life.
- 4Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 7Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Repeat.
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#3
Junji, the Midnight Sky + Viscera Seer + Proper Burial + Karmic Guide
Infinite lifegain triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
- 2When Karmic Guide dies, Proper Burial triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and causing you to gain life.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Junji.
- 5When Junji dies, it and Proper Burial trigger.
- 6Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and causing you to gain life.
- 7Resolve the Junji trigger, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield and causing you to lose 2 life.
- 8When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#4
Veinwitch Coven + Phyrexian Altar + Proper Burial
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature castable for
, adding . - 2When that creature dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to its toughness.
- 3When you gain life, Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay to return the sacrificed creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Cast that creature by paying .
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Veinwitch Coven + Proper Burial + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the one-drop creature, adding .
- 2When that creature dies, it and Proper Burial trigger.
- 3Resolve the creature's ability, creating a creature token.
- 4Resolve the Proper Burial ability, gaining at least 1 life.
- 5When you gain life, Veinwitch Coven triggers, causing you to pay to return the one-drop creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 6Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the token creature, adding one colored mana.
- 7Cast the creature by paying one mana.
- 8Repeat.
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#6
Junji, the Midnight Sky + Proper Burial + Carrion Feeder + Karmic Guide
Infinite lifegain triggersInfinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Karmic Guide.
- 2When Karmic Guide dies, Proper Burial triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and causing you to gain life.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Junji.
- 5When Junji dies, it and Proper Burial trigger.
- 6Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and causing you to gain life.
- 7Resolve the Junji trigger, returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield and causing you to lose 2 life.
- 8When Karmic Guide enters, it triggers, returning Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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#7
Warren Soultrader + Proper Burial + Stridehangar Automaton
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Junji, the Midnight Sky + Phyrexian Delver + Proper Burial + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Phyrexian Delver, adding
. - 2Proper Burial triggers, causing you to gain life equal to Phyrexian Delver's toughness.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Junji, adding .
- 4Proper Burial and Junji trigger.
- 5Resolve the Proper Burial trigger, causing you to gain life equal to Junji's toughness.
- 6Resolve the Junji trigger, causing you to lose 2 life and to put Phyrexian Delver from your graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
- 7Phyrexian Delver enters the battlefield, causing you to return Junji from your graveyard to the battlefield and lose five life.
- 8Repeat.
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Legal formats
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