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

3-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers plus a board of Soldier tokens in any Bant shell that can assemble the pieces.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$1.76

Color identity

GWU

Popularity

1,054 decks

Format

Commander

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Ghostly Flicker blinks Abdel Adrian, returning Eternal Witness and the exiled mana producers to the battlefield; Witness immediately returns Ghostly Flicker to hand, and tapping the untapped mana sources funds the next cast. Every loop exiles Eternal Witness and the mana rocks again, creating a 1/1 Soldier token for each, so the board grows unbounded while every ETB and LTB trigger fires infinitely.

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

Steps

Cast Ghostly 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 Ghostly 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 Ghostly 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

Naru Meha, Master Wizard can replace Eternal Witness as a Ghostly Flicker recurrence engine if the graveyard is unavailable, though it requires flash timing. Blink-adjacent commanders like Brago, King Eternal and Roon of the Hidden Realm already run Eternal Witness and enough mana rocks to hit the threshold, making this a natural include with no dedicated build-around required.

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

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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