The 12 Best Jund Combos in Magic Ranked

Last updated on January 17, 2025

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Illustration by Todd Lockwood

One of the first things I do whenever I build a new Commander deck is look for potential combos or cards I can run that synergize perfectly with the strategy. Of course, there are millions of combinations already that you can use, but not all will lead to infinite combos or ultimately winning the game. Today, I’ll go over some of the best Jund-colored () combos in Magic: The Gathering. Whether you're building around sacrifice synergies, graveyard recursion, or mana-efficient win conditions, Jund offers an incredible toolbox for assembling powerful combos.

Intrigued by what those are? Let’s dive into it!

What Are Jund Combos in MTG?

Ziatora, the Incinerator | Illustration by Chris Rahn

As the name suggests, Jund combos are powerful card interactions within black, red, and green color identities that work together to create an overwhelming advantage or secure a game-winning state. These combos are commonly seen in formats like Commander, Modern, and others, taking full advantage of Jund cards’ strengths in efficient creatures, removal, graveyard synergies, and value engines.

In this list, I’ll cover some of the most popular combos in Jund colors that highlight the power of this shard’s identity. However, I’ll exclude combos that only partially fit the Jund identity.

For example, while combining Kodama of the East Tree and Omnath, Locus of Rage can result in infinite creature tokens and landfall triggers when paired with any bounce land, such interactions don’t fully represent Jund if they lack one of the shard’s colors, like black. All three colors need to represented across the cards to qualify for this list.

#12. Yurlok of Infinite Mana Burn

I find it funny that Yurlok of Scorch Thrash may seem like the group hug commander that eventually squeezed too much due to its static ability. Yurlok itself can give your opponents free Jund mana, but when combined with mana amplifiers like Leyline of Abundance or Nyxbloom Ancient along with permanents that can untap your commander like Umbral Mantle or Sword of the Paruns, you can give the whole table infinite mana. And incidentally mana-burn them for infinite damage. Of course, you need to protect your commander for this, but it's a nice trick to pull off occasionally.

#11. Ziatora, the Incinerator of Lives

I wasn’t aware that you could combo with Ziatora, the Incinerator, but as it turns out, you can kill any opponent by sacrificing a Malignus while having Fiery Emancipation or Solphim, Mayhem Dominus in play to double or triple the damage based on the power your fodder had.

#10. Korvold, Sacrifice Engine

Among my favorite Jund commanders, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King has to be at the top. It synergizes perfectly with cards like Rakdos staple Mayhem Devil and Cauldron Familiar so the dragon can get multiple counters through a single turn while adding massive card advantage.

With this in mind, there are a couple of cards we can combine with it to enable infinite combos.

For example, when paired with Animation Module and Ashnod's Altar, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King becomes the centerpiece of an incredibly powerful loop that results in infinite card draw and tokens among other incidental effects like death triggers and creature ETBs.

There’s a different one you can perform with Mortuary and Blood Pet. By sacrificing the Pet, you can continuously put it on top of your library, and Korvold’s ability will keep drawing it endlessly. The you can of course recast it with the mana you just added.

From here, it’s just a matter of adding a sacrifice payoff like Mayhem Devil to close games.

#9. Melira and Grumgully Infinite Damage

Early Modern players will remember Melira, Sylvok Outcast as a centerpiece of Birthing Pod decks to combo your opponents along with Murderous Redcap and Viscera Seer. This can be done now with pretty much every sac outlet, but you can also use other creatures with persist like Putrid Goblin for endless ETB effects.

When you pair it along with the likes of Ashnod's Altar you get access to infinite mana, and with Goblin Bombardment, you get infinite damage.

You can achieve an almost exact effect when you replace Melira, Sylvok Outcast with Grumgully, the Generous, as its ability replaces the -1/-1 counter persist creatures get when they die.

#8. Non-Legendary Infinite Combos

While researching, I found some card combinations that can fit into almost any Jund Commander deck, as they don’t require your commander to pull them off.

For example, Stimulus Package and Pitiless Plunderer make a perfect couple, and all you need to have is a sacrifice outlet to create infinite tokens on the field.

Depending on the outlet, you can get scries (Viscera Seer), mana (Ashnod's Altar), or burn damage (Goblin Bombardment).

Next, remember I mentioned that Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Grumgully, the Generous have the same role? You can substitute either of them with Rhythm of the Wild and pair it with the same persist enablers and get the desired effect.

Lastly, my favorite Pauper card of all time, Tortured Existence has a powerful combo that leaves you with infinite power tokens on the field. All you need is at least one creature and Anger in the graveyard and Insidious Roots to start the loop by returning the creature to your hand by paying black mana. Since the tokens have haste, they can add mana endlessly for as much as you like at any time you want.

#7. Purphoros, God of the Infect

I’ve talked a lot about how Purphoros, God of the Forge is a critical part of decks that can generate infinite ETB effects. Still, there’s one cute combo along with Tainted Strike and Avenger of Zendikar (or other creatures like Hornet Queen that can generate at least five bodies), to kill the whole table by giving infect to your commander once it's turned into a creature.

#6. Ognis Infinite Attack phases

So far, I’ve mentioned combinations with cards that can either deal infinite direct damage, add infinite mana, or have infinite enter-the-battlefield effects.

The one thing I haven’t mentioned yet is getting infinite combat phases, and Ognis, the Dragon's Lash is the perfect commander to accomplish that goal. The only small problem is that you require five other creatures with haste to pull it off, and the main plan is to have Amulet of Vigor and Aggravated Assault on the board to add at least five Treasure tokens, pay the Assault's activated ability, and attack once more.

This fits perfectly in decks that can generate crazy number of tokens and give them haste with the likes of Mass Hysteria, or even Goblin Bushwhacker. The other option is to have creatures that naturally have haste on them, but it’s one I shouldn’t encourage.

#5. The Gitrog Monster Land Damage

The Gitrog Monster may not be the first creature that comes to mind when we talk about infinite combos, or at least that’s what I thought before I realized that its static ability triggers whenever lands go to the graveyard from anywhere.

This becomes a deadly ability to exploit when you use Dakmor Salvage along with any other way to discard your lands without investing any mana, with cards like Seismic Assault or Borborygmos Enraged, the latter being my preferred choice as you’d need to mill fewer cards and each iteration deals 5 damage to any target. While you won’t have infinite damage with this one, you can achieve infinite self-mill, which might be relevant if you run cards like Haunting Misery in your deck.

#4. Squee, the Immortal Tool

Since you can cast Squee, the Immortal from either exile or graveyard, it makes it the perfect tool when you can add infinite mana, sacrifice it, and recast it all over again. To accomplish this, all you need is the ever-present combination of Phyrexian Altar and Pitiless Plunderer, then add a token doubler like Parallel Lives to get enough Treasure tokens to recast Squee.

#3. Chatterfang, Infinite Combo General

When I think about Chatterfang, Squirrel General, I instantly relate to any infinite combo involving Warren Soultrader and any other creature that benefits from death triggers. Note that you can only go infinite when paired with the likes Blood Artist or at least Essence Warden; otherwise, you’ll die in the process.

That said, you can add different token makers to the mix to achieve other results. For example, Tooth and Claw can give you infinite ETB and death triggers. Adding Pitiless Plunderer to the mix can turn into infinite mana.

#2. Slimefoot and Squee Infinite Shenanigans

Slimefoot and Squee is among my all-time favorite Jund commanders due to its recursive nature, allowing it come back consistently between turns.

One of its best partners in crime is Pitiless Plunderer, which fits perfectly in a sacrifice-themed deck to enable powerful combos. From there, choosing which sacrifice outlet you want to use is just a matter of preference.

For example, Ashnod's Altar allows you to get infinite colorless mana, ETB, and death triggers with the proper field setup. This mana can be used to fetch for another combo piece like Purphoros, God of the Forge with the likes of Finale of Devastation, or pretty much every other big finisher you can have.

Of course, other combinations of cards like Golgari Germination and Phyrexian Altar can give you similar ETB and death triggers without the additional mana, something to keep in mind if you have the likes of Blood Artist already on the field and all you need is a recursion loop.

That said, note that creatures that create massive number of tokens like Hornet Queen or Avenger of Zendikar are great to mix in along with Phyrexian Altar, as you’ll always be positive on mana and creatures, creating an endless army on the spot.

An alternate result involves replacing Ashnod's Altar with Sprouting Thrinax and any other sacrifice outlet like:

• Goblin Bombardment for infinite damage,
• Viscera Seer for infinite scry,
• Altar of Dementia to infinitely mill your opponents.

#1. Prossh, Skyraider of Kher One Man Army

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher is an extremely powerful Jund commander due to its innate ability to create more creatures each time it's cast from the command zone. I call it the “One Man Army” because all you need is Prossh along with Food Chain to create infinite colored mana to spend on creatures and create infinite Kobold tokens. More importantly, Prossh can grow arbitrarily large in the process.

All you need at this point is either a Purphoros, God of the Forge in play to kill your opponents or to give haste to your dragon to kill at least one of them.

That said, Food Chain can be a tricky card to find, or you'll need a second way of achieving this same effect if your opponent kills your beloved enchantment. Because of this, Phyrexian Altar and Doubling Season can both act as your DIY Food Chain, with the slight advantage that these combined work with Blood Artist as creatures aren’t exiled in the process, but instead die, triggering the vampire’s effect.

Another DIY option is to use the other Altar, Ashnod's Altar, along with Earthcraft. You can use your tokens to untap the lands, and now you get access to mana that can be used to cast other spells, not limited to only creatures.

One last way to go infinite with Prossh is to use Chatterfang, Squirrel General instead of Doubling Season. This time, you'll not only get infinite mana, but also get infinite tokens and casts of your dragon.

Wrap Up

Slimefoot and Squee | Illustration by Victor Adame Minguez

Finding combos for my Jund decks is my favorite part of deckbuilding, so I hope that with this list I compiled some that you'll consider for your beloved decks.

What do you think? Was there any relevant one I may have missed? Let us know in the comments.

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