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| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
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| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
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| Pauper Duel Commander | Legal |
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| Premodern | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Spy Network
Instant
Look at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures he or she controls. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
azja on
Yuriko (Optimized) Primer
9 months ago
Hey MrNoCards I actually haven't seen Spy Network before, cool suggestion!
In the "topdeck manipulation" category, I look for 3 things: 1. Does it replace itself? (ex. Ponder) 2. Is it repeatable? (ex. Sensei's Divining Top) 3. Will it guarantee I find a big/useful spell? (ex. Vampiric Tutor)
Spy Network doesn't fit any of these criteria, so I don't think it makes the cut. Gitaxian Probe gets around this because it cantrips and costs 0 mana (both of which are important, I wouldn't play Peek, for example).
Thanks again for the comment!
MrNoCards on
Yuriko (Optimized) Primer
9 months ago
Have you considered Spy Network as a top deck manipulator? It could replace Gitaxian Probe to give an additional top deck manipulator and the ability to view your opponent’s hand as well as the top of their library. I have found it to be useful in a pinch. Sorry if it has already been mentioned in a previous comment.
ClockworkSwordfish on Pattern Recognition #242 - Special …
1 year ago
Peek? To look at face-down creatures? My guy, I'm guessing you meant Spy Network.
Also, it feels weird to have a list of ten items numbered 1 through 8. Even if you doubled up two of them, it reads oddly.
freezerboy on
2 years ago
Some other good budget options for cards that are a bit janky would be Brainstorm (not jank), Lat-Nam's Legacy, Spy Network, Quickling, or Mission Briefing. These comes from my ninja deck that tries the same strategy of playing on another turn and being a bit unorthodox. Always good to see cards that usually collect dust get some play.
I've also had a lot of success using split second cards like Sudden Death to shut down nonsense plays.
HiddenDeftElm on
Akatsuki, the Horizon's Shadow
3 years ago
Hi! My advice is replace some of the creatures with cheap or free counter magic. I would defiantly cut Wonder , K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth , Spark Double and Throatseeker the rest is up to you. Don't under estimate free creatures without evasion like Memnite and Phyrexian Walker .
Some disruption spells i would recommend are Commandeer , Chain of Vapor , Flusterstorm . Their expensive so some budget options are Fatal Push , Misdirection , Murderous Cut , Spell Pierce . Also i would recommend some library manipulation like Spy Network , Ponder , Mission Briefing , Lim-Dul's Vault (its good but expensive). Scroll Rack and Sensei's Divining Top are also great top deck manipulation but probably no worth the money.
I recon Access Tunnel , Blinkmoth Nexus , Halimar Depths and Mystic Sanctuary should replace Path of Ancestry , Temple of the False God , Isolated Watchtower , High Market .
Finally i would recommend some better high CMC cards to reveal with Yuriko activation's. Some of the cards i recommended already double as good reveals but you could add: Sea Gate Restoration Flip, Nexus of Fate , Time Warp . Their not budget friendly but there good. Take out two lands if you use Sea Gate Restoration and Agadeem's Awakening Flip for obvious reasons.
I hope this helps :D
PyroSwardsman on
Yuriko Test
3 years ago
The deck is looking pretty good. I like the creature base you have chosen, there are a couple questionable creatures though. Cloudreader Sphinx seems kind of bad in this deck. If you just want a flying scryer, perhaps Sphinx of Foresight, Prognostic Sphinx, Stormwing Entity, or Siani, Eye of the Storm.
Passwall Adept is just not good enough. its too much of a resource drain. Opt is not helpful in this deck since you immediately draw the card after scrying. Cunning Evasion wont do much good I am thinking since most of your creatures wont be blocked anyway.
In my opinion, you need a few less low CMC cards and a few more high CMC that you can use to get Yuriko damage in. For cuts, I would start by looking at any creatures that cost CMC 2/3 that dont provide value other than being unblockable (Invisible Stalker, Vault Skirge (love that card btw). I would then look at replacing sorceries with instants where possible. Darksteel Pendant and Crystal Ball are not good enough in my opinion and are too much of a resource investment unless there is some sort of artifact strategy I am missing. Dimir Keyrune provides interesting utility but is inefficient. Consider Arcane Signet instead or perhaps even Dark Ritual. Thran Dynamo is fairly efficient for cost to mana provided but it seems most of your mana needs are for color. Key to the City is for yuriko after she is out I assume.. I would probably run Aqueous Form instead because it has a scry effect on attack which is pretty desirable.
Here are some cards to consider in not much particular order:
Chromatic Orrery (high cmc and provides a lot of mana)
Mission Briefing (can add card to graveyard for delve and recast Brainstorm which is arguably one of the best cards in the deck)
Chain of Vapor (way to return a card to hand as well as an opponents card or cards)
Archaeomancer (can get brainstorm back and can be returned to hand with ninjitsu potentially)
Flood of Tears (this is a pet card of mine. You can return a bunch of cheap creatures and then put out something big like a Chromatic Orrery)
Scroll Rack (spendy but so good)
Trickery Charm (does multiple things you want)
Grozoth (requires you to build around it to be worthwhile but can be good)
Sultai_Sir on Underrated EDH Cards
3 years ago
Hey Snap157, great suggestions! I've never heard of Spy Network, but it seems amazing. I also love Telepathy, I used to run it in Modern, but it's also great in decks like Baral, Chief of Compliance or Talrand, Sky Summoner. Thanks for sharing!
Snap157 on Underrated EDH Cards
3 years ago
People always play Exploration but always forget about Skyshroud Ranger, Sakura-Tribe Scout, and Llanowar Scout.
False Prophet is a super political boardwipe. If people aren't swinging at you, theire helping you win. If they're attacking you, block with this.
Ashes to Ashes is very nice
Quicksilver Fountain ROCKS in mono blue
Spy Network gives you an insane amount of info, same with Telepathy
Daring Apprentice is very nice to just have out.
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