Hinata, Dawn-Crowned + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness

3-card combo · RGWU

Verdict

Yes — Hinata slashing Ghostly Flicker to a single blue makes this a near-free ETB loop that runs on any tapped mana rock producing blue.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$3.79

Color identity

RGWU

Popularity

1 decks

Format

Commander

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Hinata, Dawn-Crowned reduces Ghostly Flicker's cost to 1U by discounting one mana per target; blink Eternal Witness and the blue-producing permanent, Eternal Witness returns Ghostly Flicker, and the loop repeats. Every iteration fires infinite ETB and LTB triggers, meaning any creature with an enters-the-battlefield effect riding alongside Witness scales the engine into a win. The setup is a Hinata commander build's core payoff — the general and two pieces close the game from the command zone.

How it works

Prerequisites

You control a permanent that enters the battlefield untapped and that can tap to produce at least .

Steps

Activate a permanent by tapping it, adding at least .
Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying due to Hinata, blinking Eternal Witness and the permanent tapped for mana in step 1.
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Archaeomancer or Salvager of Secrets slot in for Eternal Witness if recursion redundancy matters more than graveyard range. The loop generates infinite triggers but no built-in damage, so pair it with a Purphoros, God of the Forge or Impact Tremors on the battlefield before going off — without a damage sink, the storm count and ETBs are value, not a kill.

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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