Capture of Jingzhou + Salvager of Secrets Combos

8 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite turns Lock Skip your draw steps Infinite creature tokens

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 Salvager of Secrets.
  4. When Salvager of Secrets and Mystic Sanctuary enter the battlefield, they trigger.
  5. Resolve the Salvager of Secrets 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 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 Salvager of Secrets by paying its mana cost.
  3. When Salvager of Secrets 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 Salvager of Secrets from the battlefield to your hand.
  6. Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  7. Repeat.

Combo 3 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 Salvager of Secrets.
  4. When the Salvager of Secrets token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Repeat.

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 Salvager of Secrets.
  4. Salvager of Secrets enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou to your hand.
  5. Repeat.

Combo 5 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 Salvager of Secrets that is tapped and attacking.
  4. Salvager of Secrets enters, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Pass the turn.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 6 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 Salvager of Secrets with haste.
  3. The token copy of Salvager of Secrets enters the battlefield, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat each turn.

Combo 7 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 Salvager of Secrets.
  3. When the token Salvager of Secrets enters the battlefield, it triggers itself, returning Capture of Jingzhou from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.

Combo 8 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 Salvager of Secrets from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  6. When Salvager of Secrets 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 Salvager of Secrets, 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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