Altar of Dementia + Skullwinder

Altar of Dementia + Skullwinder Combos

2 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Near-infinite turns Lock Infinite death triggers Infinite ETB Infinite LTB

Combo 1 with Kotis, Sibsig Champion

Also requires: Kotis, Sibsig Champion Kotis, Sibsig Champion
Results: Near-infinite turns · Lock
Steps
  1. Cast the extra turn spell by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Move to your extra turn.
  3. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Skullwinder, causing you to mill cards equal to Skullwinder's power.
  4. Cast Skullwinder from your graveyard by paying its mana cost and exiling three other cards from your graveyard, ensuring not to exile the extra turn spell.
  5. When Skullwinder enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the extra turn spell from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Hit the Mother Lode + Mortuary + Amulet of Vigor

Also requires: Hit the Mother Lode Hit the Mother Lode Mortuary Mortuary Amulet of Vigor Amulet of Vigor
Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite storm count · Target opponent returns all cards in their graveyard to their hand
Show steps
  1. Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Skullwinder.
  2. When Skullwinder dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Skullwinder on top of your library from your graveyard.
  3. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Skullwinder's power.
  4. Cast Hit the Mother Lode by paying {4}{R}{R}{R}, exiling Skullwinder from the top of your library and casting it without paying its mana cost, and creating seven tapped Treasure artifact tokens.
  5. When Skullwinder and the Treasures enter the battlefield, Amulet of Vigor triggers seven times and Skullwinder triggers once.
  6. Resolve all Amulet of Vigor triggers, untapping the Treasures.
  7. Resolve the Skullwinder trigger, returning Hit the Mother Lode from your graveyard to your hand, and causing an opponent to return a card from their graveyard to their hand.
  8. Activate seven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {4}{R}{R}{R}.
  9. Repeat.
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