Capture of Jingzhou + Possessed Skaab

Capture of Jingzhou + Possessed Skaab Combos

8 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite turns Lock Infinite creature tokens Skip your draw steps

Combo 1 with Dour Port-Mage

Also requires: Dour Port-Mage Dour Port-Mage
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou by paying its mana cost, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  2. Cast Possessed Skaab by paying its mana cost.
  3. When Possessed Skaab 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 Possessed Skaab from the battlefield to your hand.
  6. Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  7. Repeat.
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Combo 2 with Extravagant Replication

Also requires: Extravagant Replication 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 Possessed Skaab.
  4. When the Possessed Skaab token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 3 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}{E}{E}, sacrificing a creature with mana value 1 or less, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Possessed Skaab from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Possessed Skaab 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}, sacrificing Possessed Skaab, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  10. Repeat.
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Combo 4 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 Possessed Skaab.
  4. Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 5 with Ghostly Flicker + Mystic Sanctuary

Also requires: Ghostly Flicker Ghostly Flicker Mystic Sanctuary Mystic Sanctuary
Results: Infinite turns · Skip your draw steps · Lock
Show 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 Possessed Skaab.
  4. When Possessed Skaab and Mystic Sanctuary enter the battlefield, they trigger.
  5. Resolve the Possessed Skaab 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.
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Combo 6 with Splinter Twin

Also requires: Splinter Twin Splinter Twin
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Capture of Jingzhou getting an extra turn after this one.
  2. Pass the turn.
  3. Activate Possessed Skaab, by tapping it, creating a token copy of it with haste.
  4. The token copy of Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.
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Combo 7 with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Also requires: Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 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 Possessed Skaab with haste.
  3. The token copy of Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat each turn.
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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 Possessed Skaab.
  3. When the token Possessed Skaab enters the battlefield, it triggers itself, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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