Capture of Jingzhou + Eternal Witness Combos

13 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

Results: Infinite turns · Skip your draw steps · Lock
Steps
  1. Activate Mystic Sanctuary by tapping it, adding {U}.
  2. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  3. Cast Ghostly Flicker by paying {2}{U}, blinking Mystic Sanctuary and Eternal Witness.
  4. When Eternal Witness and Mystic Sanctuary enter the battlefield, they trigger.
  5. Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Ghostly Flicker from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Resolve the Mystic Sanctuary trigger, putting Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  7. Move to your next turn, drawing Capture of Jingzhou during your draw step.
  8. Repeat.

Combo 2 with Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, getting an extra turn after this one.
  2. At the beginning of your end step, Thassa triggers, blinking Eternal Witness.
  3. Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn.
  2. Activate Kiki-Jiki by tapping it, creating a token copy of Eternal Witness with haste.
  3. The token copy of Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat each turn.

Combo 4 with Soulherder

Also requires: Soulherder Soulherder
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. With Soulherder and a creature based spell recursion effect on the battlefield, cast the extra turn spell.
  2. Move to end step and target the creature with Soulherder's ability.
  3. When creature re-enters the battlefield, target the extra turn spell in your graveyard and return it to your hand, then pass to yourself.
  4. Repeat

Combo 5 with Conjurer's Closet

Also requires: Conjurer's Closet Conjurer's Closet
Results: Infinite ETB · Infinite LTB · Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. At the beginning of your end step, Conjurer's Closet triggers, blinking Eternal Witness.
  3. Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.

Combo 6 with Teleportation Circle

Also requires: Teleportation Circle Teleportation Circle
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. At the beginning of your end step, Teleportation Circle triggers, blinking Eternal Witness.
  3. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand from your graveyard.
  4. Repeat each turn.

Combo 7 with Dour Port-Mage

Also requires: Dour Port-Mage Dour Port-Mage
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Cast Eternal Witness by paying its mana cost.
  3. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Move to your next turn.
  5. Activate Dour Port-Mage by paying {1}{U} and tapping it, returning Eternal Witness from the battlefield to your hand.
  6. Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 8 with Progenitor Mimic

Also requires: Progenitor Mimic Progenitor Mimic
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. At the beginning of your next upkeep, Progenitor Mimic triggers, creating a token copy of Eternal Witness.
  3. When the token Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers itself, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.

Combo 9 with Extravagant Replication

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Move to your next turn.
  3. At the beginning of your upkeep, Extravagant Replication triggers, creating a token copy of Eternal Witness.
  4. When the Eternal Witness token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 10 with Chthonian Nightmare

Also requires: Chthonian Nightmare Chthonian Nightmare
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Move to your next turn.
  3. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  4. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  5. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 3 or less, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  7. Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{B}.
  8. When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {E}{E}{E}.
  9. Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying at most {E}{E}{E}, sacrificing Eternal Witness, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  10. Repeat.

Combo 11 with Followed Footsteps

Also requires: Followed Footsteps Followed Footsteps
Results: Infinite creature tokens · Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. Move to your next turn.
  3. At the beginning of your upkeep, Followed Footsteps triggers, creating a copy of Eternal Witness.
  4. Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 12 with Phantom Steed

Also requires: Phantom Steed Phantom Steed
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou, taking an extra turn after this one.
  2. Attack with Phantom Steed.
  3. Phantom Steed triggers, creating a token copy of Eternal Witness that is tapped and attacking.
  4. Eternal Witness enters, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Pass the turn.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 13 with Kenrith, the Returned King + Ashnod's Altar

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness, adding {C}{C}.
  2. Activate Kenrith's last ability by paying {4}{B}, returning Eternal Witness from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying {3}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  5. Repeat.
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