Notorious Throng + Skullwinder Combos

4 known combos featuring both cards in Commander

Infinite turns Lock Skip your draw steps

Combo 1 with Ghostly Flicker + Mystic Sanctuary

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

Combo 2 with Dour Port-Mage

Also requires: Dour Port-Mage Dour Port-Mage
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Deal combat damage to an opponent using a Rogue.
  2. Cast Notorious Throng for its prowl cost by paying {5}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  3. Cast Skullwinder by paying its mana cost.
  4. When Skullwinder enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Notorious Throng from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Move to your next turn.
  6. Activate Dour Port-Mage by paying {1}{U} and tapping it, returning Skullwinder from the battlefield to your hand.
  7. Dour Port-Mage triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  8. Repeat.

Combo 3 with Extravagant Replication

Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Deal combat damage to an opponent using a Rogue
  2. Cast Notorious Throng for its prowl cost by paying {5}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
  3. Move to your next turn.
  4. At the beginning of your upkeep, Extravagant Replication triggers, creating a token copy of Skullwinder.
  5. When the Skullwinder token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Notorious Throng from your graveyard to your hand.
  6. Repeat.

Combo 4 with Progenitor Mimic

Also requires: Progenitor Mimic Progenitor Mimic
Results: Infinite turns · Lock
Show steps
  1. Cast Notorious Throng 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 Skullwinder.
  3. When the token Skullwinder enters the battlefield, it triggers itself, returning Notorious Throng from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. Repeat.
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