Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Justiciar's Portal + Eternal Witness

3-card combo · GW

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates infinite ETB and LTB triggers plus a lethal board of 1/1 Soldier tokens in any green-white blink shell.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$4.27

Color identity

Popularity

209 decks

Format

Commander

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Justiciar's Portal blinks Abdel Adrian, which returns Eternal Witness and the exiled mana producers to the battlefield; Eternal Witness recovers Justiciar's Portal from the graveyard, and Abdel Adrian's trigger re-exiles the support permanents while minting a Soldier token for each one. The loop requires those exiled nonland permanents to tap for enough mana to recast the Portal each cycle, so the deck needs a base of mana creatures or rocks alongside Abdel Adrian. Derevi, Empyrial Tactician and Tuvasa the Sunlit are the natural commanders for this line — both want a board of creatures entering and leaving anyway.

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 Justiciar's Portal exiled by Abdel Adrian. Eternal Witness exiled by Abdel Adrian. You have enough mana to cast Justiciar's Portal.

Steps

Cast Justiciar's Portal 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 Justiciar's Portal 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 Justiciar's Portal.
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

Conjurer's Closet offers a slower, non-instant-speed blink for Abdel Adrian if Justiciar's Portal is unavailable, but it won't loop at instant speed and requires a full turn cycle. Once the token count is lethal, Purphoros, God of the Forge would close immediately from ETBs, but green-white lacks him — the default kills are combat with the token flood or a pre-existing Altar of Dementia for the mill. Skullclamp converts the 1/1 tokens into card advantage mid-loop if the table survives long enough to matter.

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Justiciar's Portal + Eternal Witness

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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