Sunken City

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Sunken City unless you pay (Blue)(Blue).

Blue creatures get +1/+1.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

Flagellum on Siani and Eligeth *budget*

3 years ago

As mentioned above, the high cmc is a concern given the amount of ramp available. Since Siani only cares about the number of creatures with flying in order to scry I would suggest going for a swarm strategy with low cmc fliers. Add some anthem effects/Lords and then your attackers fuel themselves by netting you cards. Cheap token spells could benefit you as well. Bident of Thassa can be acquired on tcg for under a dollar :p that would reeeeeally help the swarm strat. But luckily there’s Reconnaissance Mission which does the same thing for under a buck.

Possible wincons:

Day of the Dragons: perfect wincon in swarm type deck.

Tempest Djinn just gets better and better

Budget anthems: Sprite Noble Paragon of Gathering Mists Sunken City Probably others I can’t recall

Lastly, where is Crystal Ball?? :)

Gcen on Mono Blue Faeries

4 years ago

I think Sunken City as a two of would great to finish your opponent quicker in the mid to late game. You should be able to pay the upkeep cost quit reliably at that point. But even just for 1 turn, assuming you have like 4-5 creatures on the board resembles a lot of damage for 2 mana. And as you said, the resilience is an added bonus.

About Curfew , either you play 4 Curfew and 2 Unsummon or the other way around. depends on how much you bounce your own creatures. Another card to consider is Snap , basically a free bounce.

Glad i could help!

Gcen on Mono Blue Faeries

4 years ago

Hey, nice deck! I am thinking of building an Faerie deck myself.

So, Ninjas would be a good addition to the deck, simply because recursion of your faeries is very powerful. If you don't want to add those for flavour, i would recommend Curfew , works really well. Also maybe play Unsummon instead of Vapor Snag , so you can bounce your own creatures as well without taking damage.

Another card to consider would be the new legal Sunken City for more damage.

Hope this helps a bit!

Bibbo on

5 years ago

In Paper Sunken City is a common and would be legal but it isn't on MTGO. It's up to your playgroup on that one

Tremblayk19 on

6 years ago

It's not a Merfolk but Ninja of the Deep Hours works well with unblockable stuff by drawing you cards.

Lead the Stampede is good if you want to go a route that goes wide with a lot of creatures (you would want to take out pump spells).

Sunken City might be a good anthem but you would probably want to be mono blue.

Finally, Waterfront Bouncer, Augur of Bolas, and Merfolk Looter are all good value creatures. I briefly looked into a deck that would want a lot of card draw/discarding like stuff with madness/flashback but I don't know if that's the best way to go.

I hope this gives you some ideas!

xoxoxo on Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

6 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions.

Theme is pretty important, budget is low, I wouldn't want to spend more than a couple dollars on a single card. Combos are good, just not competitive "win before T5 w/ 2 cards" combos. Weak but clever or flavorful combos are fine.

Tidal Flats looks GREAT. Keeps other players off my back, totally fits the theme, this is definitely going in. Sorta like a cheaper themier shittier Conspiracy. Exactly the kind of card I'm looking for.

I also fancy Gorgon Flail. I've already got Pemmin's Aura and Freed from the Real. I've also got a Pirate Ship I could include for a poor mans Horseshoe Crab combo.

Thing from the Deep and Sunken City are definitely getting the boot. I was thinking Sunken City might be a good way to give my camarid/kelp/starfish tokens some bite, but something like Polymorphous Rush would be a lot more fun...

I figure I could at least sac Polar Kraken and Leviathan to Homarid Spawning Bed when the upkeep becomes too much, but some of these fatties are basically just in there for flavor/because I like them, their inclusion is hard to defend on merit. Plus, it's always extra satisfying when you win with some really horrible creature.

The combo w/ Tolarian Serpent is also pretty gimmicky, not sure if there's a any mono blue graveyard play that would make it worth it. I've got a Reminisce, from Onslaught, with water in the art :) Would this still be useful if I pulled the self-mill stuff, though?

Homarid Shaman is there 100% for the satisfaction of hosing beefy mono green decks with a lobster holding a magic wand. BLEATS OF DESPAIR!

I haven't gotten much mileage out of High Tide, I just added Great Whale which might help, but I expect you're right and this should be cut. Could repeat it w/ an Isochron Scepter but there's so few instants and sorceries it would be a dead card most of the time. Not much good ramp in blue for my fatties :(

Ring of Evos Isle seems like a better way to protect my creatures than Vanishing (and arguably more theme friendly), as fun as phasing is. I'll have to grab a one.

greatdevourer on Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus

6 years ago

I suppose it would really depend on where you want to take the deck. Are you looking for a more combo oriented deck? More aggro? Something in between? How important is the theme? What kind of budget are you looking at to expand the deck? I'm goiung to assume that you really want to keep the budget low so I'm going to keep my recommendations cheap. I will mention a few cards that cost a bit more, but I'll point those out.

Here are some ideas to consider. The following cards are kinda weak or disrupt your own game plan. You should consider swapping them out.
Deep Spawn and Tolarian Serpent would be good cards for running in a deck where you are self milling in order to fill the graveyard for reanimation effects or a Laboratory Maniac. But I don't think that is the strategy that you are going for. I do see the interactions with Back from the Brink but it seems pretty weak to me.
Denizen of the Deep is a good fattie. But it wipes your board and leaves your opponents with all of their threats. If you are using it to reset ETB triggers, there are better ways.
Homarid Shaman only targets green creatures. This could be a meta choice, but there are so many better things to run.
Island Fish Jasconius is another decent fattie, but the investment of three mana each turn becomes a problem when you need that mana for other spells.
Leviathan would work for me if it did NOT have the requirment of sacrificing two lands for each attack. Without the ability to return Islands form the graveyard to the battlefield, this just eats your mana base.
Marjhan can eat a creature 'borrowed' with Seasinger's ability. Without the Seasinger then you have to use the Crab Umbra to untap it. I do like the shoot attacking creature ability. Adding deathtouch via Gorgon Flail could kill several attackers each turn.
Polar Kraken really needs to go. That cumulative upkeep is just TOO much.
Thing from the Deep is another creature that just eats your mana base and doesn't provide enough benefit for the self induced land destruction.
Sunken City is a great card as long as nobody else is playing blue. The card does not say "you control" so it helps your opponents creatures too.
Vanishing is kinda cute. But keep in mind that phasing does NOT trigger enter the battlefield abilities. There are better choices.
High Tide is a great card in competitive Legacy decks where you combo off and kill in a single turn. As a one-shot effect, not very good for commander games.

Scent of Brine requires you to show everyone what cards you have. I think a simple Cancel would be better.

If you have the budget for it consider the following cards:
Freed from the Real and Pemmin's Aura would act as additional copies of Crab Umbra.
Phyrexian Vault would work well with the Seasinger to eat other peoples creatures and give you some card draw. There are other artifacts, enchantments, and some lands that can sacrifice creatures. Altar of Dementia is a great sacrifice outlet but it is $2-$3.
Tidal Flats would give your attackers first strike unless your opponents tap mana for each attacker.
Minion Reflector could be a lot of fun.
Tromokratis, Shrouded Serpent, Lorthos, the Tidemaker, and Ring of Evos Isle are cards I use in my deck that work fairly well.
Consider adding a Learn from the Past, Psychic Spiral, or Reminisce into you deck to get cards back and add some resilency.


Let me know what you think. As always, temper these recommendations with your collection and your budget.

ticked-off-squirrel on dude wheres my fleet-swallowing leviathan

7 years ago

I would personally add Wormfang Crab into this seafood array. and also add Sunken City. and a great way to buff most of your creatures with a reusable enchantment is to use Krasis Incubation