Escape Protocol + Fluctuator + Bone Miser + Eternal Witness + Fetid Pools

5-card combo · BGU

Verdict

Yes — this 5-piece loop generates infinite black mana, infinite draws, and infinite Eternal Witness ETBs as long as every piece stays on the battlefield.

Cards required: 5
Cheapest stack total: $3.35
Color identity: BGU
Popularity: 51 decks
Format: Commander

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Fluctuator drops Fetid Pools's cycling cost to zero; Bone Miser converts the discard into two black mana; Escape Protocol spends one of it to blink Eternal Witness, which returns Fetid Pools to hand. The loop runs entirely within one cycle trigger resolution chain — the table gets one window to interact before it closes.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Activate Fetid Pools's cycling ability by paying and discarding it.
Bone Miser, Fetid Pools, and Escape Protocol trigger.
Resolve the Bone Miser trigger, adding .
Resolve the Fetid Pools trigger, drawing a card.
Resolve the Escape Protocol trigger, causing you to pay to blink Eternal Witness.
Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Fetid Pools from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite black mana; Infinite card draw; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Any land with a cycling cost that Fluctuator reduces to zero and that produces mana through Bone Miser can substitute for Fetid Pools — Desert of the Glorified is a clean replacement. Eternal Witness is the only return engine here; Skullwinder can fill that slot in lists that want a political angle. Pair the infinite ETBs with Impact Tremors or Altar of the Brood as a closer since infinite black mana alone doesn't end the game without a sink in play.