Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Academy Manufactor + Eternal Witness + Cloudshift

4-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite Clues, Food, and storm count off a single activation that pays for itself every iteration.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$9.89

Color identity

GWU

Popularity

7 decks

Format

Commander

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Cloudshift blinks Eternal Witness, which returns Cloudshift to hand; Lonis, Cryptozoologist sees the Witness enter and triggers Academy Manufactor to replace a single Clue token with a Food, a Clue, and a Treasure. Sacrificing the Treasure for

reloads the loop with zero net mana cost, so the engine runs until the stack is called. Bant artifact and investigate shells — Lonis as commander being the obvious home — assemble this through green creature tutors like Eladamri's Call or Worldly Tutor finding the Witness or Manufactor.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Cloudshift by paying , blinking Eternal Witness.
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it and Lonis trigger.
Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Cloudshift from your graveyard to your hand.
Resolve the Lonis trigger, creating a Food, a Clue, and a Treasure artifact token.
Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite Clue tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Ephemerate is a direct swap for Cloudshift with the upside of a rebound trigger, though it doesn't change the loop's structure.망자 Felidar Guardian replaces Eternal Witness if the goal is redundancy, but then a separate recursion piece is needed to loop Cloudshift. The infinite Clues are the payoff — pair with Lonis's sacrifice ability to actually win, or crack them all with Inspiring Statuary already in play to cast a game-ending spell.

Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Academy Manufactor + Eternal Witness + Cloudshift

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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