Pitiless Plunderer + Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Bartolomé del Presidio

5-card combo · WBG

Verdict

Yes — this 5-card loop runs Nethroi, Apex of Death as a recastable engine that floods the board with Ooze tokens, Treasure, and infinite +1/+1 counters on Bartolomé del Presidio.

Cards required: 5
Cheapest stack total: $40.86
Color identity: WBG
Popularity: 2 decks
Format: Commander

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Nethroi mutates onto a non-Human, triggers a reanimation of Eternal Witness and Mitotic Slime, then Bartolomé del Presidio sacrifices it before the trigger resolves — Pitiless Plunderer immediately converts that death into a Treasure. Eternal Witness hands Nethroi back to hand; Mitotic Slime fractures into 2/2s and then 1/1s, each death minting more Treasure through Pitiless Plunderer until seven total fuel Nethroi's next mutate cast. This is a Nethroi, Apex of Death command-zone deck's dream line — every piece except Bartolomé del Presidio doubles as a reasonable standalone card in a reanimator or sacrifice shell.

Recipe

How it works

Prerequisites

You control at least one non-Human creature.

Steps

Cast Nethroi either from your hand or from the command zone for its mutate cost by paying plus commander tax, if applicable, putting it on top of a non-Human creature you control.
When Nethroi enters the battlefield, it triggers.
Holding priority, activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Nethroi.
When Nethroi dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure artifact token.
Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
Resolve the Nethroi trigger from step 2, returning Eternal Witness and Mitotic Slime from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Nethroi from your graveyard to your hand.
Activate Bartolomé del Presidio twice by sacrificing Eternal Witness and Mitotic Slime.
When Eternal Witness and Mitotic Slime die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice and Mitotic Slime triggers once.
Resolve both Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure artifact tokens.
Resolve the Mitotic Slime trigger, creating two 2/2 Ooze creature tokens.
Resolve both Bartolomé del Presidio abilities, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
Activate Viscera Seer twice by sacrificing two Oozes.
When the Oozes die, they each trigger and Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice.
Resolve both Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating two Treasure artifact tokens.
Resolve both Ooze triggers, creating four 1/1 Ooze creature tokens.
Resolve both Viscera Seer abilities, causing you to scry 1 twice.
Activate Bartolomé del Presidio twice by sacrificing two Oozes.
When the Oozes die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers twice, creating two Treasure artifact tokens.
Resolve both Bartolomé del Presidio abilities, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
Activate the seven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
Repeat.

Result

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colored mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite Treasure tokens

Variations

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Viscera Seer appears in the steps as the Ooze sac outlet but is not listed among the five named pieces — any free sacrifice outlet fills that role, so Altar of Dementia or Carrion Feeder slot in cleanly. Mitotic Slime is the hardest piece to replace since the self-replicating death triggers are what rebuild the token mass each loop; cutting it collapses the Treasure generation. The combo produces infinite mana but needs a mana sink to close — Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate converts the surplus immediately.