Orvar, the All-Form + Ghostly Flicker + Stone-Seeder Hierophant + Eternal Witness

4-card combo · GU

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite mana, infinite landfall, and infinite ETB triggers in any Simic shell that can assemble the pieces.

Cards required: 4
Cheapest stack total: $6.95
Color identity: GU
Popularity: 0 decks
Format: Commander

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Ghostly Flicker is the engine: each cast blinks Eternal Witness and the mana land, Orvar creates a land copy on the stack trigger, and Stone-Seeder Hierophant untaps lands to float blue mana before the blink resolves. Eternal Witness returns Ghostly Flicker immediately, letting the loop repeat every turn once summoning sickness clears off Hierophant. Orvar, the All-Form decks are the natural home — the commander already wants cheap spells targeting permanents, and every piece doubles as a standalone value card.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

You control a land that enters the battlefield untapped and can tap to produce at least . Stone-Seeder Hierophant does not have summoning sickness. Once you have infinite mana, you may cast Ghostly Flicker targeting any other permanent(s).

Steps

Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying , targeting Eternal Witness and the mana-producing land.
Orvar triggers, creating a copy of the mana-producing land.
When the land token enters the battlefield, Stone-Seeder Hierophant triggers.
Holding priority, activate the nontoken land by tapping it, adding .
Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping the land.
Activate the nontoken land by tapping it, adding .
Resolve the Stone-Seeder Hierophant trigger from step 3, untapping it.
Resolve Ghostly Flicker, blinking the land and Eternal Witness.
When the land and Eternal Witness enter the battlefield, Eternal Witness and Stone-Seeder Hierophant trigger.
Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
Holding priority, activate the land token by tapping it, adding at least .
Activate Stone-Seeder Hierophant by tapping it, untapping the land token.
Resolve the Stone-Seeder Hierophant trigger from step 8, untapping it.
Repeat from step 2.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite blue mana; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite blinking of permanents; Infinite copies of permanents you control; Infinite Island tokens; Infinite mana lands you control can produce

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Any untapped land producing blue starts the loop, but an Island is the floor — Breeding Pool or Hinterland Harbor work and are already in most Simic lists. If Eternal Witness is removed, Archaeomancer or Salvager of Secrets both recover Ghostly Flicker from the graveyard to keep the chain intact. Once mana goes infinite, Ghostly Flicker can target any permanent in play, so a creature with an enter-the-battlefield damage trigger or a draw engine like Reclamation Sage closes the game without additional slots.