Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Essence Flux + Eternal Witness

3-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers along with a board of Soldier tokens in any Bant shell that can tap for blue mana.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$0.26

Color identity

GWU

Popularity

743 decks

Format

Commander

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Essence Flux bounces Abdel Adrian, which returns Eternal Witness and the exiled mana rocks to the battlefield; Witness puts Essence Flux back in hand, and Abdel Adrian re-exiles the mana producers to fund the next iteration. Each loop creates a 1/1 Soldier token for every permanent Abdel Adrian exiles, so the board grows unbounded alongside infinite storm and magecraft triggers. This fits squarely in Abdel Adrian as commander — a self-contained package where the commander is also the engine.

How it works

Prerequisites

You have any number of other nonland permanents that enter the battlefield untapped, and that can collectively tap to produce enough mana to cast Essence Flux exiled by Abdel Adrian. Eternal Witness exiled by Abdel Adrian. You have enough mana to cast Essence Flux.

Steps

Cast Essence Flux by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Eternal Witness and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
Abdel Adrian and Eternal Witness trigger.
Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Essence Flux from your graveyard to your hand.
Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Essence Flux.
Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Eternal Witness and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blinking of nonland permanents; Infinite magecraft triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Erratic Portal and Erratic Stasis offer alternative blink vectors if Essence Flux is removed from the equation, though both require more setup mana per loop. For the kill, the Soldier tokens close the game on their own with enough loops, but Altar of the Brood converts every ETB into infinite mill immediately, and Impact Tremors handles tables with wide blockers.

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Essence Flux + Eternal Witness

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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