Turnabout + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness + Izzet Chronarch

4-card combo · GUR

Verdict

Yes — this 4-card loop generates infinite mana, infinite ETB and LTB triggers, and infinite storm count once lands can float at least 4UUU.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$4.77

Color identity

GUR

Popularity

0 decks

Format

Commander

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Turnabout untaps all lands to refund the mana spent on it and Ghostly Flicker; Ghostly Flicker then blinks Eternal Witness and Izzet Chronarch, whose ETB triggers return both spells to hand and restart the loop. The combo lives in Temur spellslinger shells — Riku of Two Reflections, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist, or any commander that rewards casting instants and sorceries repeatedly. The table sees two creatures sit on board harmlessly until the mana threshold is reached, then the pilot goes infinite at instant speed on anyone's turn.

How it works

Prerequisites

Lands you control can tap to produce at least . If lands you control can tap to produce at least , this combo nets infinite mana. You can then stop casting Turnabout and blink one other permanent using Ghostly Flicker. You may also tap artifacts and/or creatures instead for mana if desired.

Steps

Activate any number of lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
Cast Turnabout by paying , untapping all lands you control.
Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying , blinking Eternal Witness and Izzet Chronarch.
When Eternal Witness and Izzet Chronarch enter the battlefield, they trigger, returning Turnabout and Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite blinking; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Archaeomancer or Salvager of Secrets can replace Izzet Chronarch as the second recursion piece, since both fill the same role of returning an instant or sorcery on ETB. Ghostly Flicker can swap for Displace at the same mana cost, or Illusionist's Stratagem for one more mana if redundancy matters more than efficiency. The loop produces infinite mana and storm but needs a payoff — Thassa's Oracle, Aetherflux Reservoir, or a pinged-out Walking Ballista closes the game.

Turnabout + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness + Izzet Chronarch

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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