Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Eternal Witness + Doomed Necromancer + Gimli's Reckless Might

5-card combo · BRG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite death and ETB triggers in a Jund shell, though Gimli's Reckless Might is here only as the kill condition, not part of the engine itself.

Cards required
5
Cheapest stack total
$32.60
Color identity
BRG
Popularity
0 decks
Format
Commander
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Ashnod's Altar sacrifices Eternal Witness for two colorless; Pitiless Plunderer converts that death into a Treasure, which pays for Doomed Necromancer's activation. Necromancer returns Eternal Witness, Witness returns Necromancer to hand, and a second Plunderer Treasure covers the {2}{B} recast cost — netting infinite loops through all five pieces in any Jund sacrifice deck running a death-trigger payoff package.

Recipe

How it works

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Prerequisites

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Steps

  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Eternal Witness dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  3. Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  4. Activate Doomed Necromancer by paying {B}, tapping it and sacrificing it.
  5. When Doomed Necromancer dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
  6. Resolve the Doomed Necromancer ability, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  7. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Doomed Necromancer from your graveyard to your hand.
  8. Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding {B}.
  9. Cast Doomed Necromancer by paying {2}{B}.
  10. Repeat.

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Result

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Altar of Dementia or Disciple of the Vault can replace Gimli's Reckless Might as the kill condition if the Treasure-to-damage line feels too narrow. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician or Zulaport Cutthroat slots cleanly into the payoff role — anything that converts infinite deaths into a win closes this loop the same way.

Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID ashnods-altar-eternal-witness-pitiless-plunderer-26

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Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.