Turnabout + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness + Scrivener

4-card combo · GU

Verdict

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

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$1.77

Color identity

Popularity

3 decks

Format

Commander

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Ghostly Flicker blinks Eternal Witness and Scrivener simultaneously; Eternal Witness returns Ghostly Flicker, Scrivener returns Turnabout, and Turnabout untaps all lands to pay for the next iteration. The combo needs 5UUU to net mana, making it a mid-to-late-game line that rewards land-heavy Simic builds running commanders like Tatyova, Benthic Druid or Rashmi, Eternities Crafter — both benefit from the landfall and cast triggers the loop generates.

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 Scrivener.
When Eternal Witness and Scrivener 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 replaces Scrivener as a cheaper body that does the same job of returning an instant to hand, tightening the mana requirements slightly. For the kill, infinite ETB from Eternal Witness alone enables Altar of the Brood to mill all opponents, or drop a Thassa, Deep-Dwelling in the same shell to exploit the flicker triggers without needing Ghostly Flicker in hand each time.

Turnabout + Ghostly Flicker + Eternal Witness + Scrivener

How it works

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

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