Skullclamp + Pitiless Plunderer + Stridehangar Automaton + Geth, Thane of Contracts
4-card combo · B
Verdict
Yes — this 4-card loop draws the library and generates near-infinite death triggers in any black sacrifice shell that can field a 1-toughness creature.
- Cards required
- 4
- Cheapest stack total
- $10.69
- Color identity
- B
- Popularity
- 0 decks
- Format
- Commander
Skullclamp kills a 1-toughness creature as a state-based action the moment it's equipped; Pitiless Plunderer responds by making a Treasure and a 1/1 Thopter, which is itself the next 1-toughness body for the Clamp. The Treasure cashes out for the 1 mana Skullclamp costs to re-equip, making every loop free. Geth, Thane of Contracts rounds out the four-card configuration, but the engine's real dependency is Pitiless Plunderer producing the Thopter — that's what sustains the loop.
Recipe
How it works
01
Prerequisites
You control a creature with toughness equal to 1.
02
Steps
- Activate Skullclamp by paying
, attaching it to a creature with toughness equal to 1.
- The creature dies as a state-based action due to having 0 or less toughness, triggering Skullclamp and Pitiless Plunderer.
- Resolve the Skullclamp trigger, causing you to draw two cards.
- Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Thopter artifact creature token.
- Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
.
- Repeat.
03
Result
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
Variations
Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines
Chatterstorm or Bitterblossom can seed the initial 1-toughness body, but any 1/1 token producer in the deck covers that prerequisite. Disciple of the Vault or Blood Artist converts the infinite death triggers into a table kill — without one, the loop draws the library and creates tokens but stops short of actually winning.
Verified on Commander Spellbook · Combo ID pitiless-plunderer-skullclamp-stridehangar-automaton-4
Updated . Data from Commander Spellbook, Scryfall, and EDHREC.









