Soulherder + Eternal Witness + Capture of Jingzhou

3-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop locks the table out of the game by recurring Capture of Jingzhou every end step indefinitely.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$21.61

Color identity

GWU

Popularity

96 decks

Format

Commander

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Soulherder blinks Eternal Witness at the end of each extra turn; Eternal Witness returns Capture of Jingzhou to hand, which gets cast again to generate the next turn. The loop requires no mana beyond the initial setup once Soulherder has a +1/+1 counter from the first blink, making it resilient to most disruption short of removing Soulherder or Eternal Witness before the end step trigger resolves.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

With Soulherder and a creature based spell recursion effect on the battlefield, cast the extra turn spell.
Move to end step and target the creature with Soulherder's ability.
When creature re-enters the battlefield, target the extra turn spell in your graveyard and return it to your hand, then pass to yourself.
Repeat

Result

Infinite turns; Lock

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Temporal Manipulation and Time Warp are direct substitutes for Capture of Jingzhou at the same 5-mana cost — same loop, same result, same vulnerabilities. Aminatou, the Fateshifter can replace Soulherder as the blink engine, though she requires activating on your own end step and costs loyalty rather than a triggered ability, making her the backup line rather than the upgrade.

Soulherder + Eternal Witness + Capture of Jingzhou

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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