Ephemerate + Eternal Witness + Capture of Jingzhou

3-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop chains Capture of Jingzhou indefinitely, locking opponents out of ever taking another turn.

Cards required: 3
Cheapest stack total: $31.12
Color identity: GWU
Popularity: 150 decks
Format: Commander

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Ephemerate's rebound does the heavy lifting: the first cast blinks Eternal Witness to recover Capture of Jingzhou, and the free rebound blink the following upkeep recovers Ephemerate itself, resetting the loop every extra turn. The setup requires all three pieces in hand with 7 mana available — steep but achievable in a Bant value shell built around Eternal Witness recursion engines.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
Cast Ephemerate by paying , blinking Eternal Witness and exiling Ephemerate.
When Eternal Witness enters, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
Move to your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, Ephemerate's rebound ability triggers, causing you to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
Resolve Ephemerate, blinking Eternal Witness.
When Eternal Witness enters, it triggers, returning Ephemerate from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite turns; Lock

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Time Warp and Time Stretch swap in cleanly for Capture of Jingzhou — any extra-turn spell that ends up in the graveyard completes the loop, so slot whichever the deck already runs. Ghostly Flicker covers for Ephemerate if the single-target blink is removed, though it costs 3 instead of 1 and has no rebound, requiring a second Eternal Witness trigger on the same cast rather than split across two turns.