Karn, Silver Golem + Salvaging Station + Grinding Station + Sol Ring
4-card combo · C
Verdict
Yes — this 4-card loop mills any library to zero using a single Sol Ring as the sacrificial engine.
- Cards required
- 4
- Cheapest stack total
- $27.17
- Color identity
- C
- Popularity
- 105 decks
- Format
- Commander
Karn, Silver Golem animates Sol Ring for 1 colorless so Grinding Station can sacrifice it; Salvaging Station untaps on Sol Ring's death trigger and immediately returns it to the battlefield, which untaps Grinding Station and restarts the loop. The whole engine sits at colorless identity, which means Karn as commander is the natural home — every piece is an artifact, every piece is tutorable with Transmute Artifact, Reshape, or Inventors' Fair.
Recipe
How it works
01
Prerequisites
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02
Steps
- Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding
.
- Activate Karn by paying
, causing Sol Ring to become an artifact creature until end of turn.
- Activate Grinding Station by tapping it and sacrificing Sol Ring.
- When Sol Ring dies, Salvaging Station triggers, untapping Salvaging Station.
- Resolve the Grinding Station ability, causing target player to mill three cards.
- Activate Salvaging Station by tapping it, returning Sol Ring from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Sol Ring enters the battlefield, Grinding Station triggers, untapping Grinding Station.
- Repeat.
03
Result
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill
Variations
Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines
Any 0-cost artifact replaces Sol Ring as the sacrifice fodder — Mox Opal, Lotus Petal, or Ornithopter all satisfy the loop and cut the 1-mana activation cost from Karn entirely, removing the only mana requirement after setup. If the mill result isn't the kill, redirect it to self-mill and pair with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries or Thassa's Oracle as the closer.
Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID grinding-station-salvaging-station-sol-ring
Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.










