Kenrith, the Returned King + Eternal Witness + Temporal Manipulation + Ashnod's Altar

4-card combo · WUBRG

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop chains Eternal Witness recursion through Kenrith's reanimation ability into infinite extra turns.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$99.35

Color identity

WUBRG

Popularity

7 decks

Format

Commander

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Ashnod's Altar sacrifices Eternal Witness for two colorless; Kenrith's 4B activated ability puts her back onto the battlefield, where her enters-the-battlefield trigger retrieves Temporal Manipulation from the graveyard. Casting Temporal Manipulation for 3UU grants an extra turn, and the loop restarts every turn cycle until the table is locked out. The five-color identity means Kenrith builds naturally in goodstuff piles that already want all five colors and a creature-based toolbox.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding .
Activate Kenrith's last ability by paying , returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Temporal Manipulation from your graveyard to your hand.
Cast Temporal Manipulation by paying , causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite turns; Lock

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Time Warp and Capture of Jingzhou are direct Temporal Manipulation substitutes — any sorcery that grants an extra turn for five mana slots in identically. Strionic Resonator can copy Kenrith's triggered ability to reduce reliance on Ashnod's Altar, but the Altar is the leaner setup; if Kenrith is removed, Phyrexian Altar covers the same sacrifice role at one colored mana instead of two colorless.

Kenrith, the Returned King + Eternal Witness + Temporal Manipulation + Ashnod's Altar

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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