Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Eternal Witness + Doomed Necromancer + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

5-card combo · BG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop generates infinite death triggers, ETBs, and storm count in any black-green shell that can assemble the pieces.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$16.01

Color identity

Popularity

6 decks

Format

Commander

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Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler enables Doomed Necromancer to activate at instant speed and without summoning sickness, which is what makes the loop tight. Ashnod's Altar cashes out Eternal Witness for two colorless; Pitiless Plunderer converts each death into a Treasure that pays the black cost to reactivate Doomed Necromancer, which fetches Eternal Witness back, which returns Doomed Necromancer to hand. Every cycle produces an ETB, an LTB, and two sacrifice triggers on a clean mana-neutral axis.

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

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

The loop doesn't kill on its own — Zulaport Cutthroat or Blood Artist converts the infinite death triggers into a table wipe, and Altar of Dementia mills out opponents with the infinite sacrifice triggers. If Doomed Necromancer is removed, Apprentice Necromancer covers the same role inside the loop given Tyvar's activated-ability clause.

Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Eternal Witness + Doomed Necromancer + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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