Illusionist's Stratagem + Peregrine Drake + Eternal Witness

3-card combo · GU

Verdict

Yes — this 3-card loop generates near-infinite landfall triggers and card draw in any Simic shell that runs Peregrine Drake.

Cards required: 3
Cheapest stack total: $1.30
Color identity: GU
Popularity: 1,260 decks
Format: Commander

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Illusionist's Stratagem blinks both Eternal Witness and Peregrine Drake simultaneously; Drake untaps up to five lands to refund the 4U cost, and Witness returns Stratagem from the graveyard to hand. The loop draws a card each iteration, stacks near-infinite landfall triggers, and runs on lands alone — no mana rocks, no artifacts to remove mid-combo.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

You control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least . If you control five lands that can tap to produce at least , this combo nets infinite mana, and you may blink any other permanent besides Peregrine Drake.

Steps

Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
Cast Illusionist's Stratagem by paying , blinking Eternal Witness and Peregrine Drake and causing you to draw a card.
When Eternal Witness and Peregrine Drake enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Illusionist's Stratagem to your hand from your graveyard.
Resolve the Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
Repeat.

Result

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite blinking; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite untap of lands you control

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Ghostly Flicker is the tighter alternative to Illusionist's Stratagem: it costs 2UU instead of 3U, blinks the same two creatures, but draws nothing — Witness still recurs it. Naban, Dean of Iteration or Risen Reef turn the near-infinite ETBs into the kill; without a payoff already on the battlefield, this loop draws the deck but doesn't close on its own.