Lonis, Cryptozoologist + Academy Manufactor + Eternal Witness + Essence Flux

4-card combo · GU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite Clues, Food, and Treasures while recycling Essence Flux through Eternal Witness every iteration.

Cards required: 4
Cheapest stack total: $8.65
Color identity: GU
Popularity: 478 decks
Format: Commander

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Lonis, Cryptozoologist triggers whenever a creature enters, and Academy Manufactor triples that into a Food, a Clue, and a Treasure; the Treasure pays the single blue mana Essence Flux costs, and Eternal Witness recurs the instant on entry to restart the loop. The combo lives in Simic value shells — Lonis as commander is the natural home, since the deck is already running both pieces at the top of the curve.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

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

Result

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

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Ghostly Flicker replaces Essence Flux if the instant slot needs a budget swap, though it requires two blue mana instead of one and needs a second target, so the Treasure output has to cover both. Without Academy Manufactor the loop collapses to a single Clue per blink and stops being infinite — that piece is non-negotiable. Infinite Clues close the game immediately with Lonis's sacrifice ability to draw the library, then any Laboratory Maniac effect or a Thassa's Oracle top-deck wins on the spot.