Ashnod's Altar + Timeless Witness Combos
3 known combos featuring both cards in Commander
Infinite LTB
Infinite ETB
Infinite sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite colorless mana
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
- Cast Afterlife from the Loam by paying at most {5}{B}{B}{B}, returning Timeless Witness and at least two other creatures from graveyards to the battlefield under your control.
- When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Afterlife from the Loam from your graveyard to your hand.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar four times by sacrificing three of the creatures returned in step 1, adding six {C}.
- When the creatures die, Pitiless Plunderer triggers four times, creating three Treasure tokens.
- Activate the three Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {B}{B}{B}.
- Repeat.
Combo 2 with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Living Death + Blood Pet
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- When Blood Pet dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Timeless Witness and Mikaeus, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
- Cast Living Death by paying {3}{B}{B}, causing each player to exile all creature cards in their graveyards, sacrifice all creatures they control, then put all cards exiled this way onto the battlefield.
- When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Living Death to your hand from your graveyard.
- Repeat.
Combo 3 with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Rise of the Dark Realms + Blood Pet
Results:
Infinite colorless mana
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite magecraft triggers
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite storm count
Show steps
- Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- When Blood Pet dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Blood Pet by sacrificing it, adding {B}.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Timeless Witness and another nontoken non-Human creature, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
- When the non-Human creature dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Mikaeus and the non-Human creature, adding {C}{C}{C}{C}.
- Cast Rise of the Dark Realms by paying {7}{B}{B}, putting all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
- When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Living Death to your hand from your graveyard.
- Repeat.
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