Ephemerate + Eternal Witness + Temporal Manipulation

3-card combo · GWU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop chains infinite extra turns by bouncing Temporal Manipulation back to hand every single upkeep.

Cards required: 3
Cheapest stack total: $6.38
Color identity: GWU
Popularity: 413 decks
Format: Commander

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Ephemerate's rebound does the heavy lifting: the initial cast blinks Eternal Witness to recover Temporal Manipulation, and the free rebound trigger on the following upkeep blinks Witness again to recover Ephemerate itself. The loop costs 5 mana to start and 1U each subsequent turn — any Bant shell with Eternal Witness already in it is one Ephemerate away from locking the table out permanently.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Temporal Manipulation 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 Temporal Manipulation 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 Capture of Jingzhou are direct substitutes for Temporal Manipulation — same mana cost, same effect, swap freely based on availability. Season of Renewal can replace Ephemerate if the blink piece is exiled, though it breaks the rebound recursion and requires manual reassembly each turn. Aminatou, the Fateshifter or Brago, King Eternal as commanders give the shell redundant blink vectors that don't depend on Ephemerate surviving to rebound.