Tormod, the Desecrator + Eternal Witness + Priest of Gix + Victimize + Ashnod's Altar

5-card combo · BG

Verdict

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

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$19.09

Color identity

Popularity

12 decks

Format

Commander

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Victimize is the engine card: it recurs Eternal Witness and Priest of Gix simultaneously while requiring a sacrifice, which Ashnod's Altar covers on the front end. Priest of Gix returns three black on entry, Eternal Witness returns Victimize to hand, and Tormod, the Desecrator triggers twice per loop — once for each creature entering from the graveyard — flooding the board with 2/2 Zombie tokens. The combo lives in reanimator lists helmed by Meren of Clan Nel Toth or Karador, Ghost Chieftain, where every piece pulls double duty outside the loop.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control at least one additional creature.

Steps

Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Priest of Gix and Eternal Witness, adding .
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 colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Phyrexian Altar substitutes for Ashnod's Altar if you need black mana instead of colorless, though the net mana math tightens considerably. Viscera Seer or any free sacrifice outlet can replace Ashnod's Altar entirely if the goal is tokens rather than mana — the Zombie flood alone closes games with Dictate of Erebos or Blood Artist already on board.

Tormod, the Desecrator + Eternal Witness + Priest of Gix + Victimize + Ashnod's Altar

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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