Baku Altar

Artifact

Whenever you play a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Baku Altar.

(2), Tap, Remove a ki counter from Baku Altar: Put a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token into play.

Tokens

• Spirit 1/1 C

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

cgannon on O-Kagachi, Master of Spirits

6 years ago

Might I also suggest:

Drogskol Reaver, Geist of Saint Traft, Brago, King Eternal, Deadeye Navigator, Ghastlord of Fugue, Jiwari, the Earth Aflame, Karmic Guide, Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Lavaborn Muse, Myojin of Life's Web, Nobilis of War, Obzedat, Ghost Council, Overbeing of Myth, Primordial Sage, Ryusei, the Falling Star, Spell Queller, Spirit of the Hearth, Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar, Wall of Reverence, Yomiji, Who Bars the Way, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Ghost-Lit Warder, Innocence Kami, Nebelgast Herald, Ore Gorger, Pus Kami, Revenant Patriarch, Ruin Ghost, Spectral Shepherd, Dimir Infiltrator, Baku Altar, Custodi Soulbinders, Hallowed Spiritkeeper, Kirtar's Wrath, Seize the Soul, Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts, AEther Shockwave, Field of Souls, Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai, Path of Ancestry, Unclaimed Territory, Mirror of the Forebears, Herald's Horn, Door of Destinies, Descendants' Path, Faces of the Past, Shared Animosity, Vigean Intuition, Distant Melody, and any of the Kindred cards

ThallionDarkshine on I'm afraid of no ghost !

6 years ago

I would try cutting back on some of the single use token producers and focus more on repeatable token production. Custodi Soulbinders and Twilight Drover are some great repeatable token producers I see in your maybeboard that I think should totally make the main deck. Baku Altar is kind of mediocre, but is another way to repeatably generate spirit tokens.

There are a lot of great spirit effects that trigger off of casting spirit spells, and I think a great way to synergize with this is self-bounce effects. Nikko-Onna is repeatable enchantment removal that also triggers on cast effects. Nebelgast Herald can tap down opposing creatures, either to protect you from attacks or to tap down potential blockers. Sire of the Storm lets you draw cards off of your spirits, and Bygone Bishop does the same for all your cheap creatures. Spectral Shepherd lets you repeatably bounce your own spirits, whether to save them from removal or just reuse their etb effects. Celestial Kirin is a great piece of repeatable removal triggering off of your spirit casts. Another great way to bounce your own spirits is Crystal Shard. It can also disrupt your opponents by forcing them to leave up a mana (2 if you attempt to bounce at eot and again on your turn) to prevent their creatures from being returned to hand.

Cybersix on Kamigawa Spirit Deck

7 years ago

I tried to make this deck in Grixis with Tetsuo Umezawa, and I gotta ask how Baku Altar and Thief of Hope are working out for ya, they kinda suck in my deck but I keep on hoping that He Who Hungers will finally go off with Baku Altar like it should...

Suggestions: Get the other honden and missing Myojins. Get That Which Was Taken to make Myojin of Night's Reach a "Do you really wanna keep playing?" card.

lagotripha on W/U Spirits (UNDERGOING CHANGES)

7 years ago

Beckon Apparition will be worth sideboarding, and worth taking a look at are Baku Altar, Doomed Traveler, Genju of the Falls, Genju of the Fields, Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai, Moorland Haunt, Nikko-Onna, Sire of the Storm, Spirit Bonds, Tallowisp.