Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Eternal Witness + Doomed Necromancer + Maelstrom Wanderer

5-card combo · UBRG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite death triggers, ETBs, and storm count in any shell that can support four colors.

Cards required: 5
Cheapest stack total: $22.52
Color identity: UBRG
Popularity: 0 decks
Format: Commander

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Ashnod's Altar sacrifices Eternal Witness for two colorless; Pitiless Plunderer converts each death into a Treasure, which feeds Doomed Necromancer's activation cost. Doomed Necromancer returns Eternal Witness, Eternal Witness returns Doomed Necromancer to hand, and the loop resets — Maelstrom Wanderer is the commander here, cascading into the pieces rather than sitting in the combo itself.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding .
When Eternal Witness dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
Activate Doomed Necromancer by paying , tapping it and sacrificing it.
When Doomed Necromancer dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
Resolve the Doomed Necromancer ability, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Doomed Necromancer from your graveyard to your hand.
Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
Cast Doomed Necromancer by paying .
Repeat.

Result

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

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

替 Doomed Necromancer can be swapped for any reanimator that costs one black to activate and sacrifices itself; Apprentice Necromancer is the cleanest stand-in. The loop produces no colored mana beyond what Treasure provides, so a death-trigger payoff like Zulaport Cutthroat or Impact Tremors needs to already be on board — the infinite loop is the engine, and it does not close the game alone.