Graceful Reprieve + Phyrexian Altar + Pearl Medallion + Eternal Witness

4-card combo · GW

Verdict

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

Cards required
4
Cheapest stack total
$62.75
Color identity
GW
Popularity
0 decks
Format
Commander
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Pearl Medallion reduces Graceful Reprieve to one white mana, which Phyrexian Altar exactly refunds by sacrificing Eternal Witness; Eternal Witness's death trigger resolves the Reprieve, returning it to the battlefield, and its ETB trigger then picks Graceful Reprieve back up from the graveyard. The loop asks nothing of the board state beyond these four permanents, making it a natural fit for Trostani, Selesnya's Voice or Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn lists that already want Eternal Witness and a white cost-reducer.

Recipe

How it works

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Prerequisites

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Steps

  1. Cast Graceful Reprieve by paying {W}, targeting Eternal Witness.
  2. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding {W}.
  3. When Eternal Witness dies, Graceful Reprieve triggers, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  4. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Graceful Reprieve from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.

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Result

Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Medallion is the most replaceable piece — any effect that reduces white spell costs by one, such as Starlit Mantle on Eternal Witness, achieves the same net-zero math. The loop produces no mana and no direct damage on its own, so pair it with a death-trigger payoff like Zulaport Cutthroat, Bastion of Remembrance, or Altar of Dementia to actually close the game.

Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID eternal-witness-graceful-reprieve-phyrexian-altar

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Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.