Ashnod's Altar + Shipwreck Dowser Combos

3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite LTB Infinite ETB Infinite sacrifice triggers Infinite death triggers Infinite storm count

Combo 1 with Afterlife from the Loam + Pitiless Plunderer

Results: Infinite LTB · Infinite ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite storm count · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite recursion of creature cards in your graveyard
Steps
  1. Cast Afterlife from the Loam by paying at most {5}{B}{B}{B}, returning Shipwreck Dowser and at least two other creatures from graveyards to the battlefield under your control.
  2. When Shipwreck Dowser enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Afterlife from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
  3. Activate Ashnod's Altar four times by sacrificing three of the creatures returned in step 1, adding six {C}.
  4. When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers four times, creating three Treasure tokens.
  5. Activate the three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {B}{B}{B}.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Conduit of Worlds + Time Stretch

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Shipwreck Dowser, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Cast Time Stretch by paying {8}{U}{U}, causing you to take two extra turns after this one.
  3. Move to your first extra turn.
  4. Activate Conduit of Worlds by tapping it, causing you to pay {3}{U}{U} to cast Shipwreck Dowser from your graveyard.
  5. When Shipwreck Dowser enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Time Stretch from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Move to your second extra turn.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Hit the Mother Lode + Mortuary + Amulet of Vigor

Results: Infinite death triggers · Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite magecraft triggers · Infinite sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Shipwreck Dowser, adding {C}{C}.
  2. When Shipwreck Dowser dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Shipwreck Dowser on top of your library from your graveyard.
  3. Cast Hit the Mother Lode by paying {4}{R}{R}{R}, exiling Shipwreck Dowser from the top of your library and casting it without paying its mana cost, and creating five tapped Treasure artifact tokens.
  4. When Shipwreck Dowser and the Treasures enter the battlefield, Amulet of Vigor triggers five times and Shipwreck Dowser's second ability triggers once.
  5. Resolve all Amulet of Vigor triggers, untapping the Treasures.
  6. Resolve the Shipwreck Dowser trigger, returning Hit the Mother Lode from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Activate five Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {2}{R}{R}{R}.
  8. Repeat.
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