SirToews on Goat Simulator - Ephara EDH
48 minutes ago
BenTim lol no you're not but it's --> Springjack Pasture
Icaruskid on The Friendmaker | Talrand, Sky …
2 hours ago
DreadKhan I can tell you are speaking from experience. I love all of your suggestions and I'm off down the rabbit hole to try them all on. In particular I like the Proteus Staff\Sphinx suggestion. Thank you so much!!!
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
2 hours ago
Creature - Human Soldier
Renown X, where X is the number of creatures named ~ you control.
A deck may contain any number of cards named ~.
The turning of the tide always begins with one soldier’s decision to head back into the fray.
2/2
Create a sphinx with madness and also a "whenever you discard a card" trigger.
Femme_Fatale on Small Update: New Formats, New …
2 hours ago
I have no idea what Undercity even is. Historic not being there makes sense because it's not a keyword. Same with Outlaws and Crime Committing. Stickers also wouldn't get auto-added as it isn't a subtype nor a keyword. None of these would work as subtype/keyword hubs since those check the occurrence of them in the deck.
Regardless, that's the bug with hubs I'm talking about. Things like gates, battles, attractions, etc should be auto-added but they aren't.
Elocutiona: Is casual flag no longer checks quantity of a card for legality so your Dandan decks and all other casual formats should be fine now.
austintayshus on Card creation challenge
3 hours ago
God-Eternal Ilharg
Legendary Creature - Boar God Zombie
Trample
When God-Eternal Ilharg attacks, you may put a creature card from your hand or your graveyard onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. At the end of this turn, exile that creature.
When God-Eternal Ilharg dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.
7/6
I decided to give him access to black because eternalized creatures are black in game. Also to give his ability access to the graveyard. However, idk why I did that because none of the other god-eternals got any new colors to play with. -shrug-
Challenge: Make a white card with the Shadowborn Apostle "a deck can have any number of this card" ability. I think each color has a card like that except for white.
DreadKhan on The Friendmaker | Talrand, Sky …
3 hours ago
I did some fiddling around with my Talrand and Proteus Staff, I found that I preferred it to Polymorph because I could throw a Sphinx of the Second Sun in, and if Proteus Staff hits Sphinx first it's amazing because I get to untap and draw an extra card before I hit my end step, meaning I can likely Staff again to get Jin just in time (and still have mana up for interaction). I guess it boiled down to me trying to raise the ceiling on Jin, and that was the best I could come up with! The other nice thing about an artifact plan is Blue has tons of relevant tutors, and if you clear all of the creatures out of your deck and Proteus Staff away another Drake you get to put your library in whatever order you want... meaning Jin can then draw you the actual 7 cards you want most. It's very, very degenerate when it works, but I was aiming for a budget cEDH list rather than something suitable for casual play.
I'm not sure if you need blockers, but Metallurgic Summonings can generate a bunch of them for you, and Shark Typhoon can generate attackers (or flying blockers if you're desperate), they're handy if your playgroup likes to 'deal with' Talrand, these Enchantments tend to be very sticky, people neglect Enchantment removal in my experience.
If you're aiming for a more casual Talrand, I might have a few ideas for you that are budget to boot! Hands of Binding and Hidden Strings offer two very low to the ground repeatable spells that can generate Drakes if you can Cipher them onto something evasive and get in, Hidden Strings can untap your stuff fwiw, and Hands of Binding can lock down the most problematic thing if you want. Last Thoughts isn't as good IMHO, but repeated card draw tends to be very good if you don't need to input more resources. Stolen Identity can be a solid win con, if what you take has evasion you can keep getting in and getting copies, it can get pretty out of hand, even as a 6 MV spell.
If you like politics and/or combat tricks I might have a few that are worth looking into, Mass Diminish is a true budget gem, the effect lasts long enough to be truly crippling late game, and it has Flashback for no discernable reason, very good at making one opponent dead, and then another opponent dead because their board is tiny. Polymorphist's Jest is much more of a surprise since it's an instant, but the effect can turn an opportunistic attack into a bloodbath (in either direction).
In any deck that's not in the ideal colours for removal I often end up looking hard at Transmogrifying Wand, this can deal with 3 creatures if it sticks around, 2/4s are basically trash vs your 2/2s in the air. Even if all you do is force someone with a low MV Commander to keep recasting to raise the tax it's very little resources to do it.
It's not a nice thing to do to someone, but I've always thought of Talrand as a real man of culture, perhaps you'd want to send some Drakes on a Cultural Exchange?
Best of luck, hope some of these ideas are relevant
Coward_Token on Modern Horizons 3
3 hours ago
Forgot about Scurry Oak which is obviously very similar, but Basking Broodscale doesn't need another card to make a token, goes infinitive with e.g. Blade of the Bloodchief and can produce infinitive colorless mana
DreadKhan on Trample Under Foot
3 hours ago
Neat idea, I love seeing people making Gruul work in Legacy!
I would run two more Utopia Sprawls over Rampant Growth, they aren't all that pricey anymore (ymmv of course). I'd even run a worse Utopia Sprawl like Blighted Burgeoning or Fertile Ground, either has it's own upsides, and both work very well with your Arbor Elf.
I think with x4 Arboreal Grazer you might consider at least a couple lands, Grazer feels awful when you're short of lands. I'm not sure how much you'd need, but 1 or 2 would be helpful IMHO.
Randomly, Gruul got one of the all time great ramp effects back in Ice Age, Orcish Lumberjack is epic ramp, great if you need to hit a Hulk several turns early. You might want something to prevent your Hulk from getting countered, maybe Rhythm of the Wild? The haste is also VERY good with Lumberjack, letting you drop it and tap it for 3 (though you do sacrifice the Forest) right away, dodging removal potentially. I personally love using Orcish Lumberjack with Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, this way you can effectively Sinkhole people in Gruul, and technically you'd have 1 mana left, even on turn 2. Some people don't fear land destruction and will keep a 1 land hand so it can work sometimes fwiw, and the cost is negligible (it's even a ramp spell if you hard cast it without Lumberjack).
How often do you end up with a decent land count? If you find you can actually hit 5 lands in a lot of games, you could throw in Crop Rotation and Temple of the False God x1, if you aren't ready for a Temple yet you can tutor up a Red source I guess, or a Wolf Run. I'd guess if you pull those Rampant Growths Temple x1 isn't worth bothering with. You could always do that trick with x1 Ancient Tomb, but those aren't as cheap!
Coward_Token on Modern Horizons 3
4 hours ago
Basking Broodscale: this surely goes infinitive with a lot of things, e.g. Rosie Cotton of South Lane
legendofa on My Wyll to roll the …
4 hours ago
Yeah, Attraction cards and Sticker cards got banned from Commander a few days ago. If your group is okay with it, you could keep them, but officially that cards aren't legal and should be switched out.
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
6 hours ago
Pain Flare
Enchantment
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent was deslt 3 or more damage this turn, proliferate.
I want to see an eternalized Ilharg.
DreadKhan on Ertai the Corrupted
6 hours ago
I sometimes wonder if Spurnmage Advocate could ever find a home, but seeing this deck makes me wonder if it might fit in here as a deterrent of attackers that can be sacrificed to counter something if you're desperate, it's only W to cast and the downside interacts incredibly well with your Stax effects. For example, if you have Rule of Law out, you can usually give people things like Ponder, as long as they are Sorceries they are almost worthless, if you have an effect that makes lands enter tapped you can give them Fetchlands with a smile. Other Stax/Hatebears let you pick other cards as situationally bad. Another upside of Rule of Law + Advocate is the opponent can't flood the board easily, making the deterrent more effective over time. This advocate is also good with your Drumbellower, especially since it doesn't use extra mana to activate it's ability.
Have you considered tossing Zur the Enchanter
in here? You have quite a few small enchantments (18? I run Zur in a deck that can find about 12 cards, and he's an all-star in there), so if you resolve him it could feel pretty good.
Do people play a lot of interaction in your meta? If so I really love having Wandering Archaic Flip out with Rule of Law, it makes it interaction a lot worse vs you, and much better vs most of your opponents.
I'm going to have to fiddle around with your list at some point, I've wondered how effective a competitive deck this Ertai would make, the effect is very strong, and the colours are strong enough, I guess Zur just caught my eye first and I built that way back, and cEDH lists are pricey! Anyways, cool deck idea, hopefully you can keep it updated/polish it up as you notice issues.
Meezer on My Wyll to roll the …
7 hours ago
So I just so happen to come back to this page to check the deck list again and now I am seeing lots of cards that are now flagged red / are not legal in the commander format. I don't remember see this last time I checked. What is up with that? Sorry, I am a bit new to this format of magic. Does this deck need adjusting now that it seems all attraction's are not legal anymore?
Icaruskid on No Combo Krenko [PRIMER]
7 hours ago
I would replace Treasure Nabber or Frenzied Goblin with Blood Moon. Try those slots Formless0209.
Rhadamanthus on Master of Cruelties and interactions
8 hours ago
xcontla: Since it's clear you got a satisfactory answer to your question and there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections that need to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel is the most helpful answer to your question.
I try to avoid marking my own responses when I do this but in this case it was the only option.
KayneMarco on Yuma, Shepherd of the West …
9 hours ago
If you’re wanting just a blanket haste enabler over something like what I suggested then Ogre Battledriver is better than anger because he also buffs them.
Cozmosmash33 on #27 Solomon Muto: 0-3
10 hours ago
MAIN STRATEGY: Generate tons of mana, draw tons of cards, drown the opponent with excess material.
SUB STRATEGY: Use excess mana to power up Hydroid Krassis & Walking Ballista, deal lethal.
zapyourtumor on Mono-Green Goodstuff Inc.
13 hours ago
I will also vouch for old growth, it will usually end up dying anyways and it gives way more devotion
Cavalier of Thorns good 5 drop that can grab you your nykthos and also lets you maybe recur something important
Leyline of the Guildpact is kind of gimmicky but you can run it in these devotion builds since its technically 4 green devotion, and it also makes your nykthos untappable with arbor elf. You could also add the leyline scion combo but its not necessary to make leyline playable imo.
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner cheaper than garruk, has a nice static
Karn, the Great Creator a colorless card in devotion?? what am i smoking? but hear me out karn is great in any big mana deck like tron (and some versions of titan) and coffers, when you have a ton of mana karn lets you get whatever you need which might just be a giant walking ballista
Archdruid's Charm: idk its a neat little spell, has a lot of relevant modes
Pick Your Poison just stick like 2-4 of these in the sideboard trust me, best green sideboard card in modern atm, hits both sides of the leyline scion combo, hits murktide, hits blood moon, hits amulet, gets rid of the one ring, hits archon, decent when killing a leyline binding, its just a super flexible card
Asder on Card creation challenge
15 hours ago
Nogoth of Smouldering Flesh
Legendary Creature - Zombie
Menace, Haste
Nogoth enters the battlefield with a fuel counter.
At the beginning of your upkeep remove a fuel counter from Nogoth, then transform Nogoth if it has has no fuel counters.
6/6
Nogoth of Ashen Bones
Legendary Creature - Skeleton
Menace
2/2
Make a card that can keep Nogoth fueled up.
Formless0209 on No Combo Krenko [PRIMER]
15 hours ago
If I wanted to include Blood Moon... what should I replace it for?
Cipher_8 on Smillgol. Thats right, we've got …
16 hours ago
One of the best utility lands for this deck archetype (mill) is Scavenger Grounds. It's great because while you want the effect of exiling entire graveyards in your deck, you would probably rather not spend the deck slot on including it if it were on another card like an artifact. There's almost no reason not to include some form of graveyard hate though and this is almost free as a land. Just throw some of these other lands in that fit your color identity especially the new OTJ desert lands.
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
16 hours ago
Hazoret, Glorious Death
Legendary Creature - Zombie God
Haste
You may exert Hazoret, Glorious Death as it attacks. If you do, you may target a land in addition to other types referenced below.
Whenever Hazoret, Glorious Death attacks, you may sacrifice a nonland permanent. If you do, destroy target nonland permanent that shares a same type that has mana value equal to or less than the one you sacrificed.
4/4
Repeat, except you may not choose creatures from Amonkhet (Neheb included)
legendofa on Small Update: New Formats, New …
16 hours ago
Starting the hub inventory, I don't see any of the keywords or mechanics from MKM or OTJ: disguise, case, suspect, plot, spree, outlaw, mount, and commit a crime are all missing. Gate, battle, stickers, and attractions are also missing, as mentioned above, along with historic, performer, clown, employee and guest. (Stickers and attractions might fall off after the last round of bans.) I'm happy to add them manually, but if it's supposed to be auto-creating, it's being pretty slow about it.
Would Undercity fall into Venture into the Dungeon, or is it distinct enough to be its own mechanic?
seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge
16 hours ago
Darksteel Propagator
Artifact Creature - Myr
Indestructible
Affinity for Artifacts
Artifact creature spells with power and toughness 1/1 you cast have affinity for artifacts.
1/1
Create a legendary zombie creature costing .
Asder on Card creation challenge
16 hours ago
Bala Ged Assimilator
Creature - Eldrazi
Annihilator 1
If a player would sacrifice a land, exile it instead.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a land from exile onto the battlefield under your control.
2/6
Create a 1/1 with indestructible.
legendofa on Card creation challenge
17 hours ago
TypicalTimmy for the acidomancy, may I suggest corrosimancer? Based on corrosion/corrosive. If this magical art isn't just used for fighting, but also used to clean bathtubs with the power of neutralizing reactions and make everything taste better with phenolic acids, maybe chemister would work. If you want to avoid just calling it chemistry, there's chemisturge and chemisturgy.
Anyway,
Mint Gel
Creature - Food Ooze
Flash
Whenever a Food enters the battlefield, prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt by other creatures this turn.
2/2
A fresh cooling sensation, followed by an inability to stand upright.
Create a card with the phrase "If a player would sacrifice a land,..."
zapyourtumor on Strong guys in Jund
17 hours ago
I'd run more removal and cut some of the mid creature threats like Rakdos Roustabout. PRimeval Titan is a good card but not super good in this deck, if you're on a budget I think there are better options for the same price point. Stuff like Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Bloodbraid Elf.
25 lands is a bit heavy, esp since you have mana dorks, 23 seems like a good number to me.
I'd also cut Gaea's Blessing and Manamorphose, they don't really fit the deck.
Definitely go up to 4 bolts, maybe run some Inquisition of Kozilek, 1-2 Angrath's Rampage (better than sheoldred's edict for RB decks since you can kill one rings, and its cheaper too), 1-2 Molten Collapse, 0-1 Maelstrom Pulse etc.
Commander_JAR on Chef Shimatsu's Famous "Blood Shimatsoup"
18 hours ago
Aaaahh...gotcha. Well at least you tried.
rschmidt1621 on $50 sliver tricks deck
18 hours ago
After you hit Tibalt's Trickery, target the first sliver. You will then spin into Cultivator Colossus or (hopefully) something that will get cultivator and witherbloom. Cultivator will get all your lands onto the field including Maze's End. With all the gates you will win.
Icbrgr on Eggs. And angels. And Voracious …
20 hours ago
I have always loved Trelasarra, Moon Dancer's artwork; hands down my favorite pull from that set
TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge
20 hours ago
Raspberry Delight
Creature - Ooze Food
When Raspberry Delight enters the battlefield, scry X then you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, create a number of food tokens equal to that cards mana value.
, , sacrifice a food: Draw a card."
_It's an acquired taste, but one well worth trying..."
2/2
GREEN OOZE FOOD NOW PLEASE then we can be done with it :)))
austintayshus on Card creation challenge
20 hours ago
*whenever strawberry tosser or ANOTHER FOOD YOU CONTROL enters the battlefield...
carry on :(
Femme_Fatale on Skip Validiation/Adding cards that don't …
20 hours ago
I'll let you know when the bug for this gets fixed.
austintayshus on Card creation challenge
20 hours ago
Strawberry Tosser
Creature - Food Ooze
Whenever Strawberry Tosser or another food enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a food. If you do, Strawberry tosser deals 2 damage to any target.
,, Sacrifice Strawbery tosser: You gain 3 life.
2/2
I'd like to think this guy is basically just strawberry syrup, but he knows how to suck in food and contort his body to trebuchet food at things.
Challenge: Make another food ooze. We haven't had a mono-blue (blueberry, acai, blue cheese? lol) or mono-green (lettuce, avocado, spinch, almost any plant really lol) food ooze yet.
OR
Make a card with X in it's mana cost.
zapyourtumor on Green...Control?
20 hours ago
If you're scared of control just run 4 Veil of Summer sideboard instead of suboptimal lands
Manamorphose may be a filler card, but its not a completely free card like Gitaxian Probe is. There is a reason why not every single deck in modern in red or green plays 4 manamorphose, and its only played by stuff like storm and prowess. It gives you a random top deck so you cant factor it into mulligan decisions, and it costs 2 mana instead of 0 mana so it messes with your mana curve (I.e. you miss your 1 drop, cast it on turn 2 intending to cast sculptor of winter, instead draw into your arbor elf). The better solution is to just up your general card quality.
nbarry223 on Green...Control?
21 hours ago
Manamorphose is just a filler card to let me run under 60 cards essentially. Boseiju and PYP both didn't exist back when I made this deck, guess it is time to update it.
Also, as far as the lands to cut, Gemstone Caverns is amazing in here, as we just want to go fast, since the sooner we get to 5 mana, the better. Boseiju, Who Shelters All is also really needed against control, and we are actually a spell based deck, the creatures are only there to ramp or eventually be a win-con, but the main goal is to get to Plow Under or Primal Command to start topdecking their lands and forcing them to redraw them.
ThassaUpYo@ssa on Be'Elz A'Boot
21 hours ago
I used to run Warstorm Surge but really don't like the fact it costs 6 mana to cast. I know it combos well with Be'Lakor, the Dark Master, but it's too expensive and I'd much rather have the 3-drop Imprisoned in the Moon to completely shut down someone else's commander (until they can remove the enchantment). I love Wound Reflection also but, exactly like with Wound Reflection, the 6 mana needed to double up on damage/life loss is why I don't have it in the deck, either.
Thank you for the suggestion, and just know it's not missed on me, I've just played quite a few games where I had Wound Reflection in my hand and found it more of hindrance as opposed to an asset given every one in my pod plays 8+ power level decks.
zapyourtumor on Green...Control?
21 hours ago
What exactly is Manamorphose doing here?
Manabase is a little weird, if you really want to lean into snow then I'd run 4 Prismatic Vista. Gemstone Caverns and Boseiju aren't worth having in the sideboard, and both of those cards are basically only for spell-based combo decks like ad naus. I'd take out all 6 copies across main and side, replace the maindeck ones with 2 Boseiju, Who Endures, replace the sideboard copies with 4 Pick Your Poison.
Dana_in_Love845 on Card creation challenge
22 hours ago
Fudge Feaster
Artifact Creature - Ooze Food
Menace
, Sacrifice a Food: Destroy target creature with power less than Fudge Feaster's power. Put a -1/-1 counter on Fudge Feaster.
Eat or be Eaten
4/4
How about a red Ooze? Just to round out the color pie.
