Grinning Totem

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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
DanDan Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Highlander Legal
Judge Tower Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Planechase Legal
Premodern Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Grinning Totem

Artifact

(2), Tap, Sacrifice Grinning Totem: Search target opponent's library for a card and remove it from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played it, put it into its owner's graveyard.

UltimateRoxas40 on Lazav Mill n' Kill

3 months ago

Cool deck! I used to run a Lazav, Dimir Mastermind mill deck, but ended up turning it into Captain N'ghathrod. I still have Lazav in it though.

One card that I ran with Lazav is Grinning Totem. It seems innocent enough, but it's effectively a tutor for Lazav. You can pick the best/strongest/biggest creature out of an opponents deck, then either cast it if you want/can, or just wait until the next upkeep, when it goes back to it's owners graveyard. Since Lazavs trigger says 'From anywhere...', he can turn into that creature. Turn him into an Emrakul, the Promised End or Avacyn, Angel of Hope. I've gotten some pretty salty looks after using it haha.

FormOverFunction on Need ideas for mishra

1 year ago

I’d look at one-time-use artifacts, or things of the like, as you’re getting a lot of free copies. Chromatic Star is a simple example, I guess, like Conjurer's Bauble but there might be more interesting effects. Maybe something fun like Goblin Boom Keg or Grinning Totem.

carpecanum on Big bad rashmi

1 year ago

Mulldrifter can be Evoked but Rashimi still uses the regular CMC. Suspend cards could be even more effective than Evoke for getting a big CMC for only a few mana.

Grinning Totem would let you cast a spell of whatever CMC you wanted.

Any number of cards let you look at the top card in your library. That would be useful with Rashimi's ability.

Elhoggerino on Card suggeations

1 year ago

Here are a bunch of cards with that type of effect:

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Rogue Class

Brainstealer Dragon

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer although specific to pirates so maybe not

Cunning Rhetoric

Grinning Totem

Guile a bit situational but you might like it

Knacksaw Clique

Mezzio Mugger

Muse Vessel

Opposition Agent

Ornate Kanzashi

Thada Adel, Acquisitor

You Find Some Prisoners

Hope that helps, you can find more of these at gatherer.wizards.com, it's just a big card database where you can search for specific rules texts, names etc.

carpecanum on

2 years ago

Buried Alive maybe (it might be a bit more expensive than most of your other cards)? Or Grinning Totem to pull out anything and then use it again if it dies.

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni fits but that's $20 until it sees a reprint. Maybe a cheaper ninja so you could "reset" some of your clones that don't reset themselves?

UltimateRoxas40 on Pure Necrophilia (Retired)

2 years ago

Looks like a fun deck! My version of Lazav is more vorthos/lore-based, so you've got a lot of good choices I'd otherwise put into my deck. Bloodchief Ascension is amazing here.

Some good milling cards I would add are Maddening Cacophony, Fractured Sanity and Drown in Dreams. All are fairly cheap to cast, and the first two hit all opponents while Drown in Dreams can draw you cards. Great when you've got a ton of mana from the Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth + Cabal Coffers combo.

Another great card for Lazav, Dimir Mastermind is Grinning Totem. It might be a little expensive, but its basically a tutor to go look through your opponents deck and find something for Lazav to turn into. You could also reanimate it afterwards too for extra value.

Personally, I'd drop Temple of the False God, since the commander is colored mana only, its kinda a feels bad card in an opening hand. Maybe something like Rogue's Passage to make some of your creature connect without issue, like Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker or Wrexial, the Risen Deep

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