Archaeomancer + Capture of Jingzhou Combos
20 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite turns
Lock
Skip your draw steps
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Combo 1 with Ghostly Flicker + Mystic Sanctuary + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Skip your draw steps
· Lock
Steps
- Activate Mystic Sanctuary by tapping it, adding {U}.
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Mystic Sanctuary and Archaeomancer.
- When Archaeomancer and Mystic Sanctuary enter the battlefield, they trigger.
- Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
- Resolve the Mystic Sanctuary trigger, putting Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- Move to your next turn, drawing Capture of Jingzhou during your draw step.
- Repeat.
Combo 2 with Thassa, Deep-Dwelling + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, getting an extra turn after this one.
- At the beginning of your end step, Thassa triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 3 with Conjurer's Closet + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Conjurer's Closet
Capture of Jingzhou
Conjurer's Closet
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
- At the beginning of your end step, Conjurer's Closet triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 4 with Dour Port-Mage + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Dour Port-Mage
Capture of Jingzhou
Dour Port-Mage
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Archaeomancer by paying its mana cost.
- When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Move to your next turn.
- Activate Dour Port-Mage by paying {1}{U} and tapping it, returning Archaeomancer from the battlefield to your hand.
- Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Repeat.
Combo 5 with Soulherder + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Soulherder
Capture of Jingzhou
Soulherder
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- With Soulherder and a creature based spell recursion effect on the battlefield, cast the extra turn spell.
- Move to end step and target the creature with Soulherder's ability.
- When creature re-enters the battlefield, target the extra turn spell in your graveyard and return it to your hand, then pass to yourself.
- Repeat
Combo 6 with Teleportation Circle + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Teleportation Circle
Capture of Jingzhou
Teleportation Circle
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- At the beginning of your end step, Teleportation Circle triggers, blinking Archaeomancer.
- When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand from your graveyard.
- Repeat each turn.
Combo 7 with Crystal Shard + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Crystal Shard
Capture of Jingzhou
Crystal Shard
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Lock
· Infinite turns
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Archaeomancer by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
- Activate Crystal Shard by paying {U} and tapping it, returning Archaeomancer to your hand.
- Move to your next turn.
- Repeat.
Combo 8 with Extravagant Replication + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Move to your next turn.
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Extravagant Replication triggers, creating a token copy of Archaeomancer.
- When the Archaeomancer token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 9 with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Capture of Jingzhou
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn.
- Activate Kiki-Jiki by tapping it, creating a token copy of Archaeomancer with haste.
- The token copy of Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat each turn.
Combo 10 with Erratic Portal + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Archaeomancer by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
- Activate Erratic Portal by paying {1} and tapping it, returning Archaeomancer to your hand.
- Move to your next turn.
- Repeat.
Combo 11 with Phantom Steed + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou, taking an extra turn after this one.
- Attack with Phantom Steed.
- Phantom Steed triggers, creating a token copy of Archaeomancer that is tapped and attacking.
- Archaeomancer enters, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Pass the turn.
- Repeat.
Combo 12 with Progenitor Mimic + Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, taking an extra turn after this one.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Progenitor Mimic triggers, creating a token copy of Archaeomancer.
- When the token Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers itself, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 13 with Followed Footsteps + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Followed Footsteps
Capture of Jingzhou
Followed Footsteps
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
- Move to your next turn.
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Followed Footsteps triggers, creating a copy of Archaeomancer.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 14 with Cache Raiders + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Cache Raiders
Capture of Jingzhou
Cache Raiders
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Archaeomancer by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
- Move to your next turn.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Cache Raiders triggers, returning Archaeomancer to your hand.
- Move to your next turn.
- Repeat.
Combo 15 with Kenrith, the Returned King + Capture of Jingzhou + Ashnod's Altar
Also requires:
Kenrith, the Returned King
Capture of Jingzhou
Ashnod's Altar
Kenrith, the Returned King
Capture of Jingzhou
Ashnod's Altar
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Archaeomancer, adding {C}{C}.
- Activate Kenrith's last ability by paying {4}{B}, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Repeat.
Combo 16 with Mystic Reflection + Capture of Jingzhou + Hordeling Outburst
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, granting you an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Mystic Reflection by paying {1}{U}, causing the next creatures or planeswalkers to enter the battlefield this turn to enter as copies of Archaeomancer.
- Cast Hordeling Outburst by paying {1}{R}{R}, creating three token copies of Archaeomancer.
- Each of the Archaeomancer's ETBs trigger, returning Mystic Reflection, Capture of Jingzhou, and Hordeling Outburst to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 17 with Chthonian Nightmare + Capture of Jingzhou
Also requires:
Chthonian Nightmare
Capture of Jingzhou
Chthonian Nightmare
Capture of Jingzhou
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- Move to your next turn.
- Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
- When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
- Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 2 or less, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Archaeomancer from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
- Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
- When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
- Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most {E}{E}, sacrificing Archaeomancer, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat.
Combo 18 with Mystic Reflection + Capture of Jingzhou + From Under the Floorboards
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, granting you an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Mystic Reflection by paying {1}{U}, causing the next creatures or planeswalkers to enter the battlefield this turn to enter as copies of Archaeomancer.
- Cast From Under the Floorboards by paying {3}{B}{B}, creating three token copies of Archaeomancer and gaining 3 life.
- Each of the Archaeomancer's ETBs trigger, returning Mystic Reflection, Capture of Jingzhou, and From Under the Floorboards to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 19 with Mystic Reflection + Capture of Jingzhou + Sram's Expertise
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, granting you an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Mystic Reflection by paying {1}{U}, causing the next creatures or planeswalkers to enter the battlefield this turn to enter as copies of Archaeomancer.
- Cast Sram's Expertise by paying {2}{W}{W}, creating three token copies of Archaeomancer and allowing you to cast a card with mana value 3 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.
- Each of the Archaeomancer's ETBs trigger, returning Mystic Reflection, Capture of Jingzhou, and Sram's Expertise to your hand.
- Repeat.
Combo 20 with Mystic Reflection + Capture of Jingzhou + Spore Swarm
Results:
Infinite turns
· Lock
Show steps
- Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, granting you an extra turn after this one.
- Cast Mystic Reflection by paying {1}{U}, causing the next creatures or planeswalkers to enter the battlefield this turn to enter as copies of Archaeomancer.
- Cast Spore Swarm by paying {3}{G}, creating three token copies of Archaeomancer.
- Each of the Archaeomancer's ETBs trigger, returning Mystic Reflection, Capture of Jingzhou, and Spore Swarm to your hand.
- Repeat.
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