Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Flicker + Eternal Witness

3-card combo · GW

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers plus a board of Soldier tokens in any green-white blink shell that can tap for two mana.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$10.04

Color identity

Popularity

42 decks

Format

Commander

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Flicker blinks Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward; when Abdel Adrian leaves, Eternal Witness and the mana-producing permanents return and trigger. Eternal Witness puts Flicker back in hand, and Abdel Adrian's re-entry exiles the same permanents again, creating a 1/1 Soldier token for each one exiled. The loop is self-funding as long as the returned permanents can collectively tap for the two mana Flicker costs before Abdel Adrian's trigger resolves.

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 Flicker exiled by Abdel Adrian. Eternal Witness exiled by Abdel Adrian. You have enough mana to cast Flicker.

Steps

Cast Flicker 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 Flicker 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 Flicker.
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

Regrowth or Reclaim can substitute for Eternal Witness if recursion is the only role needed, though Eternal Witness doubles as a creature for Abdel Adrian's exile count. The infinite token creation and ETB stack close the game on their own with Altar of Dementia or Impact Tremors already on board — without a payoff in play, the loop generates value but not an immediate win.

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Flicker + Eternal Witness

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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