Tormod, the Desecrator + Eternal Witness + Priest of Gix + Victimize + Altar of Dementia

5-card combo · BG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite Zombie tokens, infinite mill, and infinite storm count in any black-green reanimator shell that can assemble the pieces.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$19.44

Color identity

Popularity

10 decks

Format

Commander

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Victimize does the heavy lifting: sacrifice a token to reanimate Eternal Witness and Priest of Gix simultaneously, netting three black mana from the Priest, two fresh Zombie tokens from Tormod, and Victimize back in hand from the Witness. Altar of Dementia converts the recursive death loop into infinite mill, and every Victimize cast counts as a storm trigger. The shell is Golgari graveyard — commanders like Meren of Clan Nel Toth or Sythis, Harvest's Hand adjacent builds don't run this, but Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord or Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider token builds do.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control at least one additional creature.

Steps

Activate Altar of Dementia twice by sacrificing Priest of Gix and Eternal Witness, causing target player to mill cards equal to Priest of Gix's and Eternal Witness' power.
Cast Victimize by paying and sacrificing another creature, returning Eternal Witness and Priest of Gix from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Eternal Witness and Priest of Gix enter the battlefield, triggering themselves and Tormod.
Resolve the Priest of Gix trigger, adding .
Resolve the Tormod trigger, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Victimize from your graveyard to your hand.
Tormod triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The additional creature sacrifice fodder is the hidden cost here — the loop eats one extra creature per cycle to cast Victimize, so the Zombie tokens Tormod generates conveniently serve as the next sacrifice target, making the loop self-sustaining once rolling. If Altar of Dementia is removed, pivot to Blasting Station or Carrion Feeder as the sacrifice outlet and replace the mill win with the infinite death triggers feeding Blood Artist or Zulaport Cutthroat for the kill.

Tormod, the Desecrator + Eternal Witness + Priest of Gix + Victimize + Altar of Dementia

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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