Shade of Trokair

Creature — Shade

{W}: Shade of Trokair gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Suspend 3—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

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
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

OrsettoMorbido on List of Color Pie Breaks/Bends

3 years ago

Some of these might not actually be breaks or bends, but i'll put them here anyway, since they're worth discussing. Thanks for this list btw, i wanted to create a pentacolor break/bend edh list in forever! Ephemeron, Phyrexian Tribute, Broken Visage, Artifact Possession, Curse Artifact, Catacomb Dragon, Grave Robbers, Burden of Greed, Guardian Beast, Haunting Wind, Phyrexian Gremlins, Priest of Yawgmoth, Relic Bane, Soldevi Adnate, Spoils of Evil, Warp Artifact, Xenic Poltergeist, Presence of the Master, Mudslide, Soulflayer, Rishadan Cutpurse, Rishadan Footpad, Rishadan Brigand, Sea Drake, True-Name Nemesis, Serendib Djinn, Parallax Tide, Uktabi Drake, Propaganda, Mirri's Guile, Sylvan Library, Drop of Honey, Elvish Spirit Guide, Jabari's Influence, Barbed Foliage, Storm Front, Recycle, Storm Seeker, Null Profusion, Illusionist's Gambit, Overtaker, Reins of Power, Ray of Command, Prodigal Sorcerer, Instill Energy, Fire and Brimstone, Pallid Mycoderm, Mycologist, Orcish Spy, Killer Bees, Visions, Emerald Dragonfly, Arboria, Demonic Torment, Shade of Trokair, Vivisection, Slith Strider, Midnight Charm, Keen Sense, Simoon, Goblin Spy.

lagotripha on Pseudo Swans (Cascade Swans)

7 years ago

Most of the swans decks I've seen run Dakmor Salvage to stabilise the combo- you can dredge it from the swan's triggered draw, so it makes the combo go infinite without a huge land count. This frees up some slots to move stuff like Knight of Sursi, Shade of Trokair, Shivan Sand-Mage, and Patrician's Scorn.

Boza on Heroes of the Plains *$10*

8 years ago

A terrible version of White weenies. Way too dependant on A+B strategy (heroic + a spell that targets it), which tends to not be a very good idea.

Start like this:

19 Plains and 1 Secluded Steppe.

3 Guardian of the Guildpact - this guy has protection from pauper written all over him.
4 Benevolent Bodyguard
3 Shade of Trokair
4 Icatian Javelineers
4 Kor Skyfisher
4 Battle Screech - common online, uncommon offline. replace with 4 War Falcon if a problem and/or it is too expensive.
4 Loyal Cathar  ^Flip
3 Prismatic Strands
4 Razor Golem
3 Guardians' Pledge
4 Raise the Alarm

This is a top-tier White weenie list.

Boza on Pauper White Weenie

8 years ago

Let me indulge you in a secret: In Limited 1/1 flier for 1 mana is not worth the card to be included in most decks. That problem is even more pronounced in Constructed.

Your deck as is, including Doomed traveler, has 20 1/1s fliers for 1 mana. So, starting out, you are playing less of a deck than any opponent.

So, how to abate this issue? Why, efficiency is the mother of all aggro decks. In pauper that will mean:

Cut the above 20 cards and include 1 more squadron hawk, plus 2 secluded steppe and 1 of each journey and oring. That leaves us with 23 cards to go.

4 Razor Golem - efficient beater

4 Benevolent Bodyguard - great card with too many applications.

4 Icatian Javelineers - quite valuable effect in white.

2 Prismatic Strands - one-sided Fog with a free flashback? counter to mass removal in white? sign me up

3 Shade of Trokair - mana sink and great t1 play.

4 Guardian of the Guildpact - has the ability "protection from the pauper format". Equip with bonesplitter for best results.

2 Guardians' Pledge - instant ramen, I mean anthem effect is usually a blow out.

Leumas on No Light Without Shadow

8 years ago

Really Fun deck! (Well to play with, not against :P)

Some cards that might fit are Shade of Trokair, Kor Skyfisher. Shade of Trokair is a great card that be "cast" on turn one and it comes into play just when it is relevant. While playing this deck I often found I had a lot of excess mana and nowhere to put it. It can also be a blocker when you need it since for the most part your creatures can only block other shadow creatures (a rare sight). Running Kor Skyfisher lets you bounce and reuse your "control" enchantments allowing you to freely use them on tokens to gain Card Advantage as well as being a solid evasive body that can block. Overall I would cut 4 Arrests (generally worse than the other enchantments) and 2 Soltari Lancers (with Soltari Trooper being straight up cheaper I don't ever force the firststrike being useful.) for 4 Shade of Trokairs and 2 Kor Skyfishers.