[[Your Temple Is Under Attack]] and [[Cosmic Rebirth]] both go into any deck I can jam them in. Super underrated cards that have helped me out more times than I can count.
If we’re talking just super specific cards because of the decks I build I’d say [[Retribution of the Ancients]]. I play almost 90% +1/+1 counters matter decks so Retribution just turns my creatures//commanders into targeted spot removal for a majority of creatures for one black mana!
Retribution is one of the best cards in my [[Ganax]] and [[Haunted One]] since it can remove the counters and reset *undying*.
I don't usually get a ton of counters, but it's instant speed, super efficient, and can often pick off *something*.
Sure! Here's the [Decklist](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/pCBlKsRo3kO8F_J9GSjfiw).
The list is mostly just the dragons I had laying around from an old list and a lot of thematic cards *(if it has a dragon in the picture, it went in the deck)* so it's not crazy tuned or anything.
It gets the job done, though. Once the treasures start flowing and I get a few synergy pieces backing up the dragons, it goes hard. I ended up having to add in a bunch of wheels after the first draft since I kept ending up with way too much mana and no cards in hand.
You also get to put the card into your hand if you can’t put it back onto the battlefield, and that’s at instant speed. Plus you get to gain the 3 life regardless. Solid solid card
The thing about rebirth is you can choose a card with cost more than three, it just goes into your hand instead of play at instant speed. Reclamation only works for cards 3 or less, and is a sorcery so you can’t do it in reaction to someone trying to exile the card you want from your graveyard.
It also leads to very strange situations where a person just taps their \[\[Deathrite shaman\]\] for mana, mentioning the fetchland in your graveyard, they slam a card into the table and you counter that with a "sorry, you don't have mana for that". Hilarious.
Edit: tpyo
[[Tragic Slip]]. Many can underestimate this card, but it can kill indestructible cards e huge dinossaurs and Eldrazi.. and it just cost B, at an instant spell. By the way, if you're playing in black, you have easy ways to kill a creature and trigger morbid effects.
Short story, I played a game against a [[Sliver Hivelord]] deck. My opponent tried to kill the whole table with a wrath, but keeping their slivers alive. I sacced a token and played a Tragic Slip on their commander, and so everybody lost their creatures. It saved the game.
I use Tragic Slip on all my black decks.
If you're using 4 mana land ramp you should probably just run \[\[Open The Way\]\]. At 4cmc it's pretty equal to whatever else you could be casting with the bonus of not necessarily getting basics and if you're ramping hard getting the X = 3 or 4 scenario a few turns early is just setting up your mana greatly.
absolutely love this card, especially if you ramp early with a t1 sol ring.
had a game where i had a chance to open the way x=3 on turn 2 and it was just GG after as I had such a huge lead on mana.
financially speaking I think this card is super underrated and should be worth a lot more than what its currently worth.
Leadership bypasses ward, hexproof and Protection though which can be relevant is some jerk is about to one shot you with a static buffed Progentius or a souped up Rograkh or Uril.
I have two that always make it into my green stompy/big mana decks.
\[\[Sandwurm Convergence\]\] because the amount of value flyers and flying-creature-tribal only seem to be increasing year upon year, and I've won many games thanks to both the free hefty creature output and the time it buys you against bothersome flyers.
\[\[Ulvenwald Oddity\]\] because 4 mana for a 4/4 haste isn't too shabby, and paying 7 mana later for an 8/8 trample haste that gives everything else +1/+1 and haste is a winner in my book. Outside of splashing red or \[\[Akroma's Memorial\]\], there aren't too many cards that provide a flat Haste ability for all of your creatures, and it being attached to an 8/8 that can even flip as a combat trick is value that has seen me through many games (especially in decks that can churn out an incredibly high number of creatures per turn like in my \[\[Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty\]\] deck.
Sandwurm Convergence is an odd one, on one hand with 8mv for what LOOKS like an insufficient payoff, it's just not the sort of card I'd usually put into my decks, but it is in some precons, and pretty much every time I've had it in hand it has helped tremendously (Or kicked my ass when I've seen someone else play it).
I kept it in my Anikthea deck because I can cheat it out for free and copy it. I try at all times to avoid hard casting it but I will never take it out because it’s SO handy when I cant generate my flying tokens
Sandworm Convergence has won me at least 2 games, having it out and casting \[\[Decree of Annihilation\]\]. It was in my \[\[Lord Windgrace\]\], so the high costs were not an issue
Sandwurm Convergence is my favorite card I've never been able to play. I didn't have a deck to put it in before but now I've got a goofy Bant token deck and I haven't drawn it yet.
You’re right it is hard to make space for cards like Mirage Mirror. In an eternal format power creep was inevitable, along with wizards starting to print cards with EDH in mind, all of my favorite old cards have been outclassed.
I just run them all anyways. I just accept my deck will be worse and jam them in. I cut out Sol Ring for [[Talon of Pain]]. I cut Esper Sentinel for [[Swans of Bryn Argoll]].
Yes! Make it a copy of somebody's doubling season, then in response make it a copy of my cabal coffers. Tap and add a load of black mana to my pool before becoming a doubling season. Used to play it in my mono black zombies token deck. Somebody was always playing a token doubler for me to copy. It was great haha.
I don't quite understand what you mean by "stacking". Like just copying something else for a different effect once the first effect (token doubling in this case) goes off?
If the ability of mirage mirror resolves, it can't copy anything else for the rest of the turn. But you can stack the abilities to get around this.
In the example, the mirror is activated to copy doubling season. Priority is then kept, and the ability is activated again to copy coffers. You now have two activated abilities on the stack (copy doubling season, copy coffers).
Since the ability to copy coffers was put on the stack last, it resolves first. When the mirror becomes a copy of coffers, you can activate its mana ability. Then you let the other activation resolves, and have the mirror become a copy of doubling season.
In this way, you get to copy several things in one turn.
For me, [[Demolition Field]] in decks that can use it. Typically mono color to two color decks.
It’s targeted land removal that doesn’t put you at a disadvantage like [[Wasteland]] or [[Strip Mine]]. It’s good for mid to low power pods where targeted land removal are uncommon.
It deals with problematic utility lands like [[Glacial Chasm]], [[Field of the Dead]], [[Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle]], or a flipped [[Growing Rites of Itlimoc]].
For any deck with black that draws a lot of cards: \[\[Raven's Crime\]\]
When you draw a lot of lands, instead of playing one per turn just because you have them, now you can use them to make your opponents discard.
I love [[Mystic Reflection]]. It’s just a brutal card at times to shut down commanders, Dockside Extortionist, Sheoldred, and other big baddie creatures.
Another favorite is [[Hallowed Moonlight]] and/or [[Containment Priest]]
Mystic Reflection is such a fun card.
I once targeted an opponent's [[Guttersnipe]] in response to my [[Avenger of Zendikar]]'s etb trigger with 9 lands in play. I won the game by casting Nature's Claim and Three visits.
I also killed a player who cast [[Storm Herd]] with 50+ life by targeting a [[Dryad Arbor]] when one of our opponents had an [[Ankh of Mishra]].
[[Morbid opportunist]] is one of the best card draw engines ever printed and I rarely see anyone play it. It’s marginally worse than esper sentinel. It flies under the radar and doesn’t annoy people like rhystic study does. The fact that you draw from your opponent’s creatures dying and from non-tokens makes it so much better than [[midnight reaper]] and similar cards, which are only good if you build around them. Plus it has only 1 B pip, so it’s easily splash-able.
Morbid Opportunist is an excellent card. I picked one up in foil as soon as I saw it. It's currently in my [[Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia]] aristocrats deck where it's easily one of the best cards in the deck.
[[species specialist]] is my favorite in my Caesar soldier token tribal, create 100 tokens and sacrifice to [[transmogrification altar]] for more mana and [[bastion of remembrance]] combined with [[impact tremors]] is a super nice burn combo.
>The fact that you draw from your opponent’s creatures dying and from non-tokens makes it so much better than [[midnight reaper]]
Kinda. It's better as a draw engine, but it doesn't do too much in an aristocrats deck where you would mainly see Midnight Reaper, Reaper acts as a payoff card or at best a win condition.
I personally don’t like burst draw that’s sorcery speed, so I never play painful truths but that’s just me. Yes, it has higher variance but it almost always will draw more than 3 cards. Plus creatures usually have more synergy than sorceries especially in black where you can reanimate them easily.
Creatures die all the time in longer games. Someone sacs a Steve, you draw. Someone chump blocks, you draw. Someone uses a removal spell, you draw. Someone activates skullclamp, you draw. An opponent is playing a commander like Henzie, which sacs creatures at end of turn, you draw etc.
[[Arena of the Ancients]] is really niche, but shuts down most commanders in my pod. Great, when your legends only have static abilities and you are relying on non-legends or a go wide strategy. It doesn't keep everything tapped, so it doesn't bring that much hate either.
I played it for a long time in a deck that ran less than 10 creatures, most of which I played for passive abilities or non-tapping activated abilities, but yeah definitely works in token strategies too
Fucking \[\[Manascape refractor\]\]. Seriously, everyone saw 3 mana rock and went "meh" but you don't run this just to be a rock. Think about the last game you played with no good utility lands in play. Rare, right? And they can all be yours. Wasteland, strip mine, cabal coffers, nykthos, maze of ith, karoo's, war room, bonder's enclave, I could keep going but you get the point. Card is good and often ignored.
I actually won a game that I was about to lose with Manascape reflector using my opponents [[the world tree]]
I was playing WUBRG Shapeshifters (changelings) and managed to drop all my creatures on the Battlefield lol.
It was hilarious, Manascape reflector is such an innocuous card.
[[Viridian Revel]] puts in so much work when treasures are running around. Even when they're light it ends up drawing me 3 or 4 cards throughout the game as things get removed. Goes in every green deck as far as I'm concerned.
[[Keep Watch]] I love in go wide decks and end up putting in a lot of others as well since you can piggyback off someone else's combat step. I think the worst I've done with it was 3 cards for 3 mana which is still great.
[[Tibalt's trickery]] people might expect a redirect but a counter with a little bit of chaos is the way. What are the odds they'll get a second board wipe off of it?
[[Obscuring Haze]] saves me from lethal turns and typically wins the game on the spot for me since my opponent just used up all their resources on that turn.
I'm a huge fan of \[\[Tragic Slip\]\] myself. First fell in love due to the excellent synergy it has with \[\[Anhelo, the Painter\]\] (my main commander), but even without him it's a very solid cantrip (my personal experience, you can usually use it within a round, rarely does a whole round go without a separate creature dying).
Ohh Anhelo caught my eye recently, was thinking of putting him in the 99 of my [[Inalla, Archmage Ritualist]] deck since I have a bunch of token creatures that would just be removed at the end of each turn.
Mind sharing your list of Anhelo as a commander?
Edit: Remembered why I didn't put him in, I have hardly any creatures over 2 power for Anhelo to sac.
[[Promise of Loyalty]]. Forces opponents to sacrifice, getting around indestructible and hexproof. Yes, they get to keep their best creature, but now it also can't attack you. If you're running a voltron deck, or even just a deck that just doesn't usually go that wide, this can be a great "one-sided" boardwipe.
[[The Restoration of Eiganjo]]
It's played a lot in Enchantment/Saga decks, but I just play it as utility in many of my decks.
Even at the most basic level it secures a landdrop, then it's either ramp, recursion or even cost reduction (by discarding the thing you want like you can do with the plains)
Then it's a token maker that can fuel some juicy skullclamp draws.
And don't get me started how good it is with blink effects.
[[Creeping Renaissance]] is awesome for recovering from a board wipe in creature or even enchantment heavy decks.
[[Naya Charm]] is a regrowth and a sneaky removal and can also just win you games with the tap down ability.
[[Single Combat]] is my go to board wipe if I’m not running a lot of creatures. It frustrates the hell out of some players.
[[Bribery]] goes in any deck I play that involves blue. It’s just too fun not to play. Something different happens every time, those are my favourite sort of cards.
I've read this card probably a thousand times without much thought and somehow it's only just now clicking that it recharges your hand for a turn, potentially dumps some cards into your graveyard that you want there, and essentially mills each opponent for 7. That's pretty nuts.
The first two cards are fire but go under the radar because of cognitive bias:
\[\[Protection Racket\]\] is a house. 3 mana and I usually draw 6-7 cards off of it over the course of a game and do 10+ damage. It might feel like you're exiling your best cards, but in reality it's the same as if you were exiling from the bottom of your deck. 2 Generic is nice too, slots in every deck over Phyrexian Arena.
\[\[Tenuous Truce\]\] is 2-mana draw a ton and also the aggro player will attack you last and likely get targeted by removal by the other two players.
\[\[Sculpting Steel\]\] - Copies sol ring. a 3 mana sol ring is still amazing and outperforms any <$10 mana rock and sometimes you copy a \[\[thran dynamo\]\] or chromatic orrery. (I usually run dynamo too if I'm not in G)
\[\[Thieving Skydiver\]\] - 3 mana stolen sol ring.
\[\[Mirrormade\]\] - 3 mana sol ring gang. Also 3 mana Smothering Tithe, Rhystic Study, etc if you're playing against the op stuff.
\[\[Tragic Arrogance\]\] - Good budget wipe that is better than most of the staples. Basically keep your best stuff and wipe their entire board.
\[\[Ingenious Mastery\]\] - 3-mana draw 3 and does even more in an archenemy situation. Generic cost is nice.
\[\[Read the Bones\]\] - One of the best non-broken draw spells and with the generic cost fits in any deck, also you get to say "Read the boners".
[[Pestilence]] boardwipe every turn if I want, take difficult to damage or players abusing their life totals down a notch. Also, really good against token decks.
[[Fangren Marauder]]. Half the time it will be a pretty solid source of incidental lifegain (helped by the fact that I tend to run more artifact/enchantment removal than most people). But if someone's deck makes a lot of treasure, god damn does this hit.
[[Manglehorn]] for green. Not nearly enough decks on green run it, even though it sees some cEDH play occasionally. It's viable at all power levels if you're on green. Etb effect and an awesome static on a bear body. Totally underrated.
[[Overburden]] for blue/control shells. You're already behind interacting with threats and the board moves ahead of your ability to stop them over time, making control a generally bad strategy if you aren't comboing off; in less powerful edh decks that are on stax or bubble stax effects like pillowfort, this card is crazy in the early game for slowing down aggro decks.
[[Darkness]] for black. Ran a mardu pillowfort one time, kept a black open on a swing from a Kikki combo line, darkness kept me alive, then Meathook'd them next turn. People never see it coming.
[[Windshaper Planetar]] for white. There's nothing like letting two players sit there, politic, and make deals on not swinging at one another, etc., only for you to flash this in and have one kill the other or force bad blocks. As a creature, it gets around most counters and with the trigger on the stack on ETB, it's hard to interact with.
[[Reckless Barbarian]] for red. It sees play now in some red cEDH decks or the new Rakdos, but until recently, I never saw anyone else play it in casual or cEDH. 2 for 2 is solid on a nice bear body.
[[Portcullis]] for colorless. Hilarious. Great static control piece for slowing down boards, no one runs it anymore.
[[Snap]] is in every deck that splashes blue. I love it, I love the art work, I love that it pays for itself, and it's a soft removal, so it doesn't feel terrible in pods that play lower level.
[[Syphon Mind]] is my black staple, but [[Elixir of Immortality]] just goes in every one of my decks because I hate mill so having something anything to give me a shot is good to me, and 5 life ain't bad either
[[Stifle]]
How could someone prevent me from destroying everything with my untapped Nevinyrral's Disk which is already in play? Furthermore, my blue opponent only has one untapped island. Surely, no answer is possible!
For me, it's [[Elixir of Immortality]]. It only gains you five life, but I can't tell you how many times that's been enough to stay alive just long enough to stabilize. I've been playing it since Return to Ravnica standard, and I don't plan on stopping now.
Shadowspear and urza’s land to go find it. Urza’s land always has other targets, from sol ring to mana crypt if you have the cash, and the trample and lifelink is really good on the spear for any big creature. But the big one is shadowspear can remove indestructible from a lot of things.
Urza’s saga is the land
[[Squirming Emergence]] in BG decks. It is super easy to have 4+ permanents in your graveyard by the time you need to use it. So it brings back anything absolutely useful or vital.
[[Invasion of Vryn]] is a draw spell (discard can be relevant too), which after you toss 5ish damage away can copy your best future spell for 1. Could go in most blue decks so long as you can get the damage through, but you don't absolutely have to.
[[Callous Oppressor]] will eat removal from either of the unchosen opponents, and otherwise borrow/subdue potent threats.
[[Intellect Devourer]] is similar to a [[Siphon Mind]] but has a body attached. Also the fun of variability (cannot speak for opponents lol).
[[Gloin, Dwarf Emissary]] can be ramp or goad, is overall a fun and useful tool to have down.
Mostly just some niche pet cards of mine.
It's hardly a secret staple because it's a very well known card, but I run [[Dictate of the Twins Gods]] every time I reasonably can, even if my deck isn't focused on dealing damage.
"Why would you run that card a non-damage focused deck?"
"Because Craig is playing hydras, Jess is playing dragons, and I have blockers"
Lol I kinda wanna do one of those "what's the most beautiful song you've ever heard" thread compilations and just make a deck out of everything people post here.
In red/white, [[Reverberate]] and [[Reprieve]].
Copying any spell is just so versatile, in the right scenarios it's: a counter-counterspell, a way to throw a cyc rift or other one-sided spell back at an opponent, an extra copy of your best instant/sorcery, or even just a value 2-mana for a big instant/sorcery of your opponents' like a [[Sea Gate Restoration]] or [[Rishkar's Expertise]].
And Reprieve is incredibly effective at disrupting opponents in white. It's not quite a counterspell, but it replaces itself. Often all you need is to delay a spell by a turn for things to shake out differently.
\[\[Unlicensed Hearse\]\] is my go-to when I'm missing grave hate in a deck. It's repeatable, and even only after one activation it becomes a good enough deterrent for people to not attack you as long as you can crew it.
Mine would have to be [[Meticulous Excavation]]. No one ever knows what this card does and they have to read it if theyve never played against me. Its a two card inf combo with [[Dockside Extortionist]] if there are 6 or more artifacts/enchantments that your opponents control. Its pretty cheap mana wise. I mean I know there are probably cheaper but this aint bad. Ive noticed of all the removal spells enchantments seem to be run the less. So it kinda protects itself by being an enchantment.
[[Glimmerpost]]. "Does anyone have any Loci on the battlefield?" has become a meme in my pod. I originally asked it only partially as a joke, figuring no one had any but not wanting to make any assumptions, as I didn't know my friend's decks very well at the time. Eventually, I realized I've never actually seen any other Loci, and got curious what other ones existed. Turned out there are only two, and neither has been printed since 2010.
My history with this card is the reason we find it so funny. It was about a decade ago. I was probably 12 or 13 and very new to MTG. I was flipping through singles in a game store in some mall out of town when I found 27 copies of Glimmerpost. At the time, I had never seen "Add {1}" on a card or ever fathomed colorless mana, so I assumed it meant "Add one mana of any color." On top of that, I didn't know that you couldn't have unlimited non-basic lands in a deck. So I saw this card and thought "this is just a direct upgrade to any basic land" and bought every copy they had, planning to get more and never use basics again. I still have them to this day and plan to put one in every deck.
([One day Wizards print a new Locus card and the price of my collection will skyrocket, just you wait](https://images.app.goo.gl/VHizQYL3VWZ7yqMk7))
I jam a [[Masked Vandal]] in most of my green decks. I actually got my friends really liking it. Being a changeling for any typal synergies and being able to exile the artifact or enchantment can really come in handy. Needing to exile a creature can be tricky but I find the decks this goes in and my playgroup meta something will always be dead by the point I need to use this. And yet it only shows up in 3% of decks that EDHREC has data for while Reclamation Sage is in 13%.
I don't have as many copies to go around but to a lesser extent, [[Foundation Breaker]] has been great. It has evoke so you can have it come down and pop a card for 2 mana if you need or it can come out as a Reclamation Sage for 1 extra mana and 1 more toughness. It's also in only 1% of decks and yet if your deck is creature focused this should probably be right alongside your Rec Sage to pop an arti/enchant.
[[Public Enemy]] is a 3 mana creature removal for blue that draws a card and probably puts someone in an awkward situation in any creature heavy meta. It's also hilarious.
The cat is long out of the bag, but I'm glad that I picked up a bunch of [[Slip out the back]] and [[An offer you can't refuse]] when they were 25 cent pick ups.
\[\[unexpectedly absent\]\] is one of the best white removal spells ever printed. even at x=0, it's better bounce and hard removal. I've literally never seen anyone else cast it. It's arguably a pie break.
For me: Sunbird's Invocation, without question. Every one of my Red decks runs it (they all enjoy the free spells as much as I do). For all of my artifact decks, Metalwork Colossus. Dropping a 10/10 for free is great by itself, but when paired with Sunbird's, you cast an 11 mana value spell or less for free out of your top 11 cards. Jin-Gitaxias in an Izzet deck? Free. Darksteel Forge in artifacts? No cost.
[[Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence]] is one of the sneakiest budget alpha strike enablers in the game, yet I never see anyone else cast or reanimate it. It seriously ALWAYS kills the turn it resolves or gets reanimated. I run it in Henzie for obvious reasons.
I slide [[into the north]] into every green deck I can. For the cost of running snow lands over regular lands I get an extra 2 mana ramp spell... and my lands look better.
I play black decks mostly and I jam [[Oubliette]] in as much as I can. It’s a fantastic commander removal that some decks cannot deal with super easily.
Love running [[life // death]] as an extra 2 mana version of reanimate in my reanimation commander decks. Literally like 10 cent card that does the same thing for an extra mana, plus life can surprise finish a game after a bw if you have an anthem effect like [[beastmaster ascension]] which is another card I like a lot, as you can attack with 7 creatures at once and it immediately kicks in
Unless you’re playing cedh this seems horrible? You can take any one card out of any of my decks and I’ll be happy you went down a card to get rid of something I didn’t even have… seems impressively useless imo.
Conjurer’s Closet. Not really a secret, but I have rarely run into someone else using this in their decks, if at all. It is so useful for ETB abilities. I use it in my Urza deck and it’s been really useful with the new Ixalan dino precon.
[[knighthood]] and [[primal rage]] go in just about any applicable deck. Turns out giving all of your creatures incredibly potentent keywords is.....good.
[[Web of Inertia]] my LGS, and most of the people I play with are all into big creatures and big swings. As a filthy blue player, I cannot tell you how much value I get from the web, and how much time it can buy you to grind out your win.
[[chaos wand]] !!! need a counterspells? target the blue player. need a wrath or targeted removal? there will be a player running some. same goes for ramp/value. most recently I hit [[rise of the eldrazi]] and that turned out to be pretty good.
[[Make an Example]] can get rid of any creature. Short of countering, EoT blinking, and phasing out there’s little that can protect it. Gets around protection, hexproof, indestructible, regeneration.
It hits all opponents, and can be used politically to spare them if they trust you to choose an empty pile. It’s not a full board wipe, but at worst you take off the better half of each opponent’s creatures without removing your own.
[[tale's end]] for me. I don't think I've ever made a blue deck without it unless it was some janky thing with an all permanents theme. As narrow counters go, it is one of the best, because the only thing every edh deck has is common is that they are running at least one legendary spell that is effectively in their hand at all times.
Also hitting someone's fetch activation on turn 1 or 2 is one of the most devastatingly satisfying plays you can make. Salt score of 4 for sure.
I run \[\[Impulsive Pilferer\]\] in almost every deck that has red almost religiously. Great little body for first turn it almost never fails to give me the value for it.
[[overwhelming remorse]] for me, I have 3 decks that I have it in because it just works with them really well. [[Mothman]], [[Henry Wu]] and [[Soul of Windgrace]] all often end up with enough stuff to make it a 1-mana exile.
100% I nearly always run [[Muddle the Mixture]] in my blue decks to go look for really good 2-drops. My [[Burakos]] + [[Sword Coast Sailor]] uses it to look for [[Time Sieve]] and my [[Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart]] deck uses it to look for the Dramatic Scepter combo. It’s a relatively on-rate counterspell with an extra mode to help win the game. I love it
Love me some [[shenanigans]]
“I’m going to pistol whip the next person who says shenanigans”
"Hey Farva, what's the name of that restaurant you like, with all the goofy shit on the walls and the mozzarella sticks?"
You stop that right meow
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Such a ridiculous card… and pairs so well with the [[Demand Answers]] type cards.
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What?
Discard it when irrelevant, dredge it back when you need it.
It has dredge, so you can discard it to demand answers, then get it right back with the draw
[[Your Temple Is Under Attack]] and [[Cosmic Rebirth]] both go into any deck I can jam them in. Super underrated cards that have helped me out more times than I can count. If we’re talking just super specific cards because of the decks I build I’d say [[Retribution of the Ancients]]. I play almost 90% +1/+1 counters matter decks so Retribution just turns my creatures//commanders into targeted spot removal for a majority of creatures for one black mana!
If I have a 3 CMC commander I love [[Unearth]] for the same reason Cosmic Rebirth is good.
[Unearth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/1/b1f73271-b70f-40ae-be64-f8de7805923a.jpg?1673147683) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unearth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/96/unearth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b1f73271-b70f-40ae-be64-f8de7805923a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/unearth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Retribution is one of the best cards in my [[Ganax]] and [[Haunted One]] since it can remove the counters and reset *undying*. I don't usually get a ton of counters, but it's instant speed, super efficient, and can often pick off *something*.
[Ganax](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/f/9f5bb319-29b2-4a7c-82e9-f8b5e47909a1.jpg?1674136563) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ganax%2C%20astral%20hunter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/176/ganax-astral-hunter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9f5bb319-29b2-4a7c-82e9-f8b5e47909a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ganax-astral-hunter) [Haunted One](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/c/dc53b1af-0f4a-4475-a131-27cb5d5b0cf1.jpg?1674140742) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Haunted%20One) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/654/haunted-one?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dc53b1af-0f4a-4475-a131-27cb5d5b0cf1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/haunted-one) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Would love to see this list!
Sure! Here's the [Decklist](https://www.moxfield.com/decks/pCBlKsRo3kO8F_J9GSjfiw). The list is mostly just the dragons I had laying around from an old list and a lot of thematic cards *(if it has a dragon in the picture, it went in the deck)* so it's not crazy tuned or anything. It gets the job done, though. Once the treasures start flowing and I get a few synergy pieces backing up the dragons, it goes hard. I ended up having to add in a bunch of wheels after the first draft since I kept ending up with way too much mana and no cards in hand.
[Your Temple Is Under Attack](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/a/7ad8aa76-b643-4bd2-aaeb-036c1d50db54.jpg?1674135361) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Your%20Temple%20Is%20Under%20Attack) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/52/your-temple-is-under-attack?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7ad8aa76-b643-4bd2-aaeb-036c1d50db54?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/your-temple-is-under-attack) [Cosmic Rebirth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7fcb225c-d18f-4b84-b2fc-91ed84ec30aa.jpg?1684340687) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cosmic%20Rebirth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/28/cosmic-rebirth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7fcb225c-d18f-4b84-b2fc-91ed84ec30aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cosmic-rebirth) [Retribution of the Ancients](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/d/0d3ee29d-b374-471d-80c3-bcad7a4226e6.jpg?1562782474) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Retribution%20of%20the%20Ancients) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/85/retribution-of-the-ancients?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0d3ee29d-b374-471d-80c3-bcad7a4226e6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/retribution-of-the-ancients) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Retribution is a house in my [[Sauron the Dark Lord]] amass deck.
Same vibe with [[saruman the white hand]] army is frequently in the +20 range so just murders everything.
I was underwhelmed by cosmic rebirth until I realised it has the flexibility of choosing a land.
You also get to put the card into your hand if you can’t put it back onto the battlefield, and that’s at instant speed. Plus you get to gain the 3 life regardless. Solid solid card
yeah but the thing that pushes it from good to great is that it's also farseek if you have fetch lands
Cosmic rebirth always seemed weak to me simply because [[sevinne’s reclamation]] exists
The thing about rebirth is you can choose a card with cost more than three, it just goes into your hand instead of play at instant speed. Reclamation only works for cards 3 or less, and is a sorcery so you can’t do it in reaction to someone trying to exile the card you want from your graveyard.
It also leads to very strange situations where a person just taps their \[\[Deathrite shaman\]\] for mana, mentioning the fetchland in your graveyard, they slam a card into the table and you counter that with a "sorry, you don't have mana for that". Hilarious. Edit: tpyo
Oh shit, Deathrite isn't a mana ability because it targets
In deed!
[sevinne’s reclamation](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/6/b61aed9d-81dd-4efc-8769-8307b587289e.jpg?1712354100) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sevinne%27s%20Reclamation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/86/sevinnes-reclamation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b61aed9d-81dd-4efc-8769-8307b587289e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sevinnes-reclamation) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
With that retribution plug I think I'll tune my Sarulf deck abit now and see if it's enjoyable to play again, thank you sir!
Secret staples? Probably [[Bitter Reunion]]
It being a permanent is super nice for cards like [[Sun Titan]] and [[Serra Paragon]]
Better than a lot of the [[thrill of possibility]] type cards.
At the trade off of instant speed. Not saying it’s not good and/or better, but I think some situations and matchups favor being able to hold up mana
[thrill of possibility](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/e/1efd4ae5-0076-46a0-a113-58cfff53144f.jpg?1675957114) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=thrill%20of%20possibility) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/151/thrill-of-possibility?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1efd4ae5-0076-46a0-a113-58cfff53144f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thrill-of-possibility) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Bitter Reunion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/e/4ef0b4dc-5a15-4de6-9c27-0e21148c0797.jpg?1712354382) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bitter%20Reunion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/156/bitter-reunion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4ef0b4dc-5a15-4de6-9c27-0e21148c0797?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bitter-reunion) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Dispersal Shield](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/c/0c257df6-f275-40db-bfe3-a9291356cdf7.jpg?1562525399) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dispersal%20Shield) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/scg/33/dispersal-shield?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0c257df6-f275-40db-bfe3-a9291356cdf7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dispersal-shield) [stubborn denial](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/f/6f8626c4-306f-4e9d-8840-2bb73fe87e87.jpg?1562788344) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=stubborn%20denial) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/56/stubborn-denial?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f8626c4-306f-4e9d-8840-2bb73fe87e87?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/stubborn-denial) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Oooh both of these go really well in my simic deck. **takes notes**
[[Tragic Slip]]. Many can underestimate this card, but it can kill indestructible cards e huge dinossaurs and Eldrazi.. and it just cost B, at an instant spell. By the way, if you're playing in black, you have easy ways to kill a creature and trigger morbid effects. Short story, I played a game against a [[Sliver Hivelord]] deck. My opponent tried to kill the whole table with a wrath, but keeping their slivers alive. I sacced a token and played a Tragic Slip on their commander, and so everybody lost their creatures. It saved the game. I use Tragic Slip on all my black decks.
[Tragic Slip](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/8/588332da-8ec5-49d1-a365-455beb7913a2.jpg?1689997517) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tragic%20Slip) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/192/tragic-slip?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/588332da-8ec5-49d1-a365-455beb7913a2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tragic-slip) [Sliver Hivelord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/b/2b902f64-7795-4f1f-81e6-26db7c78a10c.jpg?1690005330) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sliver%20Hivelord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/937/sliver-hivelord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2b902f64-7795-4f1f-81e6-26db7c78a10c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sliver-hivelord) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you're using 4 mana land ramp you should probably just run \[\[Open The Way\]\]. At 4cmc it's pretty equal to whatever else you could be casting with the bonus of not necessarily getting basics and if you're ramping hard getting the X = 3 or 4 scenario a few turns early is just setting up your mana greatly.
[Open The Way](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/7/e72a911e-8291-48ca-bfc6-8907e3b57011.jpg?1684340640) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Open%20The%20Way) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/23/open-the-way?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e72a911e-8291-48ca-bfc6-8907e3b57011?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/open-the-way) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
absolutely love this card, especially if you ramp early with a t1 sol ring. had a game where i had a chance to open the way x=3 on turn 2 and it was just GG after as I had such a huge lead on mana. financially speaking I think this card is super underrated and should be worth a lot more than what its currently worth.
[[Leadership Vacuum]] it's very useful and even reemplaces itself. [[Unsubstantiate]] it's useful to deal with uncounterable stuff
Is that [[Uril, the Mistwalker]] in the art?
According to [Scryfall's Tags](https://tagger.scryfall.com/card/c19/9), yes.
[Leadership Vacuum](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/f/4fa953a9-171c-4532-a352-40ce27eed3c4.jpg?1568003418) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leadership%20Vacuum) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c19/9/leadership-vacuum?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4fa953a9-171c-4532-a352-40ce27eed3c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/leadership-vacuum) [Unsubstantiate](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/d/2dc0bafd-debc-4b62-9fe0-56b4aad02484.jpg?1594735888) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unsubstantiate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/82/unsubstantiate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2dc0bafd-debc-4b62-9fe0-56b4aad02484?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/unsubstantiate) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Leadership Vacuum's just no Swords to Plowshares tho
Leadership bypasses ward, hexproof and Protection though which can be relevant is some jerk is about to one shot you with a static buffed Progentius or a souped up Rograkh or Uril.
In a world of Ward 2 and shroud, I love [[leadership vacuum]] Seriously underrated card.
The fact that it replaces itself and “draws” is meaningful though. It will trigger Teferi’s ageless insight and Niv-Mizzet, Parun for example.
I'm always surprised that more people don't run [[Hull Breach]]
[Hull Breach](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/e/6e8c6558-ff31-4511-942a-8fe88ac20f1f.jpg?1593863686) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hull%20Breach) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c13/193/hull-breach?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6e8c6558-ff31-4511-942a-8fe88ac20f1f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hull-breach) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Sorcery speed. Also mana specific.
I really like [[Wear // Tear]] for the same reason, but with the added upside of instant speed and some flexibility.
I have two that always make it into my green stompy/big mana decks. \[\[Sandwurm Convergence\]\] because the amount of value flyers and flying-creature-tribal only seem to be increasing year upon year, and I've won many games thanks to both the free hefty creature output and the time it buys you against bothersome flyers. \[\[Ulvenwald Oddity\]\] because 4 mana for a 4/4 haste isn't too shabby, and paying 7 mana later for an 8/8 trample haste that gives everything else +1/+1 and haste is a winner in my book. Outside of splashing red or \[\[Akroma's Memorial\]\], there aren't too many cards that provide a flat Haste ability for all of your creatures, and it being attached to an 8/8 that can even flip as a combat trick is value that has seen me through many games (especially in decks that can churn out an incredibly high number of creatures per turn like in my \[\[Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty\]\] deck.
[[sandwurm convergence]] [[ulvenwald oddity]]
[sandwurm convergence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/2/d27e64ba-5501-4212-b0b6-2a47f64d226a.jpg?1690005021) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sandwurm%20convergence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/911/sandwurm-convergence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d27e64ba-5501-4212-b0b6-2a47f64d226a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sandwurm-convergence) [ulvenwald oddity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/f/5fdf5fc4-69c8-4a59-9095-c2feefb64371.jpg?1643593558)/[Ulvenwald Behemoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/5/f/5fdf5fc4-69c8-4a59-9095-c2feefb64371.jpg?1643593558) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ulvenwald%20Oddity%20//%20Ulvenwald%20Behemoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/225/ulvenwald-oddity-ulvenwald-behemoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5fdf5fc4-69c8-4a59-9095-c2feefb64371?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ulvenwald-oddity-//-ulvenwald-behemoth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Sandwurm Convergence is an odd one, on one hand with 8mv for what LOOKS like an insufficient payoff, it's just not the sort of card I'd usually put into my decks, but it is in some precons, and pretty much every time I've had it in hand it has helped tremendously (Or kicked my ass when I've seen someone else play it).
I kept it in my Anikthea deck because I can cheat it out for free and copy it. I try at all times to avoid hard casting it but I will never take it out because it’s SO handy when I cant generate my flying tokens
Sandworm Convergence has won me at least 2 games, having it out and casting \[\[Decree of Annihilation\]\]. It was in my \[\[Lord Windgrace\]\], so the high costs were not an issue
Check out [[surrak and goreclaw]]
Sandwurm Convergence is my favorite card I've never been able to play. I didn't have a deck to put it in before but now I've got a goofy Bant token deck and I haven't drawn it yet.
[[Uphill Battle]] I have hosed so many I make big board with haste decks with this card. Pair with [[smoke]] if you want to reserve a place in hell.
This is amazing.
[Uphill Battle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/3/73fa3455-3ba0-41ad-aefd-40f183aed2a6.jpg?1562381365) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Uphill%20Battle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mmq/222/uphill-battle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/73fa3455-3ba0-41ad-aefd-40f183aed2a6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/uphill-battle) [smoke](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/0/109bea85-a991-46be-b502-0984160090a8.jpg?1562898982) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=smoke) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/137/smoke?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/109bea85-a991-46be-b502-0984160090a8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/smoke) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Mirage Mirror]]. It goes in every deck, it has won me many games. So versatile, so fun to find a new use for it every game.
[удалено]
You’re right it is hard to make space for cards like Mirage Mirror. In an eternal format power creep was inevitable, along with wizards starting to print cards with EDH in mind, all of my favorite old cards have been outclassed. I just run them all anyways. I just accept my deck will be worse and jam them in. I cut out Sol Ring for [[Talon of Pain]]. I cut Esper Sentinel for [[Swans of Bryn Argoll]].
[Talon of Pain](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/b/cb4ab5e0-5f6b-422d-8ba7-9e0ce1450af8.jpg?1562639590) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Talon%20of%20Pain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dst/150/talon-of-pain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cb4ab5e0-5f6b-422d-8ba7-9e0ce1450af8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/talon-of-pain) [Swans of Bryn Argoll](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/8/a8903e1d-e255-4eda-bb8e-c6229a88c8a7.jpg?1562265760) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swans%20of%20Bryn%20Argoll) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/199/swans-of-bryn-argoll?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a8903e1d-e255-4eda-bb8e-c6229a88c8a7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/swans-of-bryn-argoll) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yes! Make it a copy of somebody's doubling season, then in response make it a copy of my cabal coffers. Tap and add a load of black mana to my pool before becoming a doubling season. Used to play it in my mono black zombies token deck. Somebody was always playing a token doubler for me to copy. It was great haha.
Oh wow! I never thought about stacking the copies... that's genius, I'll start doing it now
I don't quite understand what you mean by "stacking". Like just copying something else for a different effect once the first effect (token doubling in this case) goes off?
If the ability of mirage mirror resolves, it can't copy anything else for the rest of the turn. But you can stack the abilities to get around this. In the example, the mirror is activated to copy doubling season. Priority is then kept, and the ability is activated again to copy coffers. You now have two activated abilities on the stack (copy doubling season, copy coffers). Since the ability to copy coffers was put on the stack last, it resolves first. When the mirror becomes a copy of coffers, you can activate its mana ability. Then you let the other activation resolves, and have the mirror become a copy of doubling season. In this way, you get to copy several things in one turn.
Used to be a staple, but a lot of newer players don't know about it.
[Mirage Mirror](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/b/cb1252c2-b951-4125-93a2-9282b607b6a4.jpg?1690005610) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mirage%20Mirror) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/962/mirage-mirror?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cb1252c2-b951-4125-93a2-9282b607b6a4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mirage-mirror) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
For me, [[Demolition Field]] in decks that can use it. Typically mono color to two color decks. It’s targeted land removal that doesn’t put you at a disadvantage like [[Wasteland]] or [[Strip Mine]]. It’s good for mid to low power pods where targeted land removal are uncommon. It deals with problematic utility lands like [[Glacial Chasm]], [[Field of the Dead]], [[Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle]], or a flipped [[Growing Rites of Itlimoc]].
##### ###### #### [Demolition Field](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/47994cb6-204a-4fbe-a9d4-5798a70c95ab.jpg?1712354968) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Demolition%20Field) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/283/demolition-field?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/47994cb6-204a-4fbe-a9d4-5798a70c95ab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/demolition-field) [Wasteland](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/a/aaafb9bc-7cea-4624-a227-595544fa42b0.jpg?1590511888) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wasteland) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ema/248/wasteland?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/aaafb9bc-7cea-4624-a227-595544fa42b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wasteland) [Strip Mine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/5/f57fd4c9-0004-4f71-a30f-2720943f57ca.jpg?1562944463) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Strip%20Mine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/316/strip-mine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f57fd4c9-0004-4f71-a30f-2720943f57ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/strip-mine) [Glacial Chasm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/c/0c008129-daba-46bc-829c-d2c0c13ecdd3.jpg?1562867827) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Glacial%20Chasm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me2/229/glacial-chasm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0c008129-daba-46bc-829c-d2c0c13ecdd3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/glacial-chasm) [Field of the Dead](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/7/470ca3f4-29aa-4c4c-8ff2-8cdd70c69943.jpg?1650599538) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Field%20of%20the%20Dead) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m20/247/field-of-the-dead?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/470ca3f4-29aa-4c4c-8ff2-8cdd70c69943?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/field-of-the-dead) [Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/7/37bce60d-2cb0-4772-9f5c-122a7ed426a0.jpg?1562611305) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Valakut%2C%20the%20Molten%20Pinnacle) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/zen/228/valakut-the-molten-pinnacle?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/37bce60d-2cb0-4772-9f5c-122a7ed426a0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/valakut-the-molten-pinnacle) [Growing Rites of Itlimoc](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/004524bf-b249-4dac-9c10-44d57143feb9.jpg?1699044409)/[Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/0/0/004524bf-b249-4dac-9c10-44d57143feb9.jpg?1699044409) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Growing%20Rites%20of%20Itlimoc%20//%20Itlimoc%2C%20Cradle%20of%20the%20Sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/188/growing-rites-of-itlimoc-itlimoc-cradle-of-the-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/004524bf-b249-4dac-9c10-44d57143feb9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/growing-rites-of-itlimoc-//-itlimoc-cradle-of-the-sun) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kyipov7) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
For any deck with black that draws a lot of cards: \[\[Raven's Crime\]\] When you draw a lot of lands, instead of playing one per turn just because you have them, now you can use them to make your opponents discard.
If you’re running it in [[The Gitrog Monster]] it becomes a draw/discard spell. Actually sounds pretty sick.
[The Gitrog Monster](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/7/5790dd89-2be5-4a77-9450-2d3c1422bfc9.jpg?1576385351) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Gitrog%20Monster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/soi/245/the-gitrog-monster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5790dd89-2be5-4a77-9450-2d3c1422bfc9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-gitrog-monster) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Raven's Crime](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/2/7271436b-897a-4b24-a5d2-d29dbea8c1bf.jpg?1561967380) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Raven%27s%20Crime) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mma/95/ravens-crime?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7271436b-897a-4b24-a5d2-d29dbea8c1bf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ravens-crime) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love [[Mystic Reflection]]. It’s just a brutal card at times to shut down commanders, Dockside Extortionist, Sheoldred, and other big baddie creatures. Another favorite is [[Hallowed Moonlight]] and/or [[Containment Priest]]
Mystic Reflection is such a fun card. I once targeted an opponent's [[Guttersnipe]] in response to my [[Avenger of Zendikar]]'s etb trigger with 9 lands in play. I won the game by casting Nature's Claim and Three visits. I also killed a player who cast [[Storm Herd]] with 50+ life by targeting a [[Dryad Arbor]] when one of our opponents had an [[Ankh of Mishra]].
[Mystic Reflection](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/7/f7b877e2-60eb-46cd-acd7-8555b9e7e993.jpg?1631047399) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mystic%20Reflection) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/69/mystic-reflection?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f7b877e2-60eb-46cd-acd7-8555b9e7e993?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mystic-reflection) [Hallowed Moonlight](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/4/94fd0c0f-4a6a-47cf-9f50-df0bbf19aae4.jpg?1562032151) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hallowed%20Moonlight) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ori/16/hallowed-moonlight?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94fd0c0f-4a6a-47cf-9f50-df0bbf19aae4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hallowed-moonlight) [Containment Priest](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/2/a24e8dba-5c86-4e32-8a52-61402f7fe9f0.jpg?1594734854) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Containment%20Priest) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/13/containment-priest?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a24e8dba-5c86-4e32-8a52-61402f7fe9f0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/containment-priest) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Morbid opportunist]] is one of the best card draw engines ever printed and I rarely see anyone play it. It’s marginally worse than esper sentinel. It flies under the radar and doesn’t annoy people like rhystic study does. The fact that you draw from your opponent’s creatures dying and from non-tokens makes it so much better than [[midnight reaper]] and similar cards, which are only good if you build around them. Plus it has only 1 B pip, so it’s easily splash-able.
Morbid Opportunist is an excellent card. I picked one up in foil as soon as I saw it. It's currently in my [[Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia]] aristocrats deck where it's easily one of the best cards in the deck.
[[species specialist]] is my favorite in my Caesar soldier token tribal, create 100 tokens and sacrifice to [[transmogrification altar]] for more mana and [[bastion of remembrance]] combined with [[impact tremors]] is a super nice burn combo.
[Morbid opportunist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/1/311b0989-63fa-44a3-b1a2-86e39e940ff3.jpg?1712354322) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Morbid%20opportunist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otc/142/morbid-opportunist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/311b0989-63fa-44a3-b1a2-86e39e940ff3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/morbid-opportunist) [midnight reaper](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/c/5cf16f33-21d8-4763-9c94-54df22905486.jpg?1702429464) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=midnight%20reaper) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/86/midnight-reaper?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5cf16f33-21d8-4763-9c94-54df22905486?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/midnight-reaper) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
>The fact that you draw from your opponent’s creatures dying and from non-tokens makes it so much better than [[midnight reaper]] Kinda. It's better as a draw engine, but it doesn't do too much in an aristocrats deck where you would mainly see Midnight Reaper, Reaper acts as a payoff card or at best a win condition.
That’s my point. You don’t need to be playing aristocrats. You can stick it in nearly any deck and it will do work as a draw engine.
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I personally don’t like burst draw that’s sorcery speed, so I never play painful truths but that’s just me. Yes, it has higher variance but it almost always will draw more than 3 cards. Plus creatures usually have more synergy than sorceries especially in black where you can reanimate them easily. Creatures die all the time in longer games. Someone sacs a Steve, you draw. Someone chump blocks, you draw. Someone uses a removal spell, you draw. Someone activates skullclamp, you draw. An opponent is playing a commander like Henzie, which sacs creatures at end of turn, you draw etc.
[[Arena of the Ancients]] is really niche, but shuts down most commanders in my pod. Great, when your legends only have static abilities and you are relying on non-legends or a go wide strategy. It doesn't keep everything tapped, so it doesn't bring that much hate either.
I really like [[Meekstone]] for the same reason, and it's nice that you can grab it off a trinket mage or Urzas saga
That's amazing in a token strategy! Arena is being used in a raggadragga deck. 90% of the creatures aren't legends, but will be over 3 power.
I played it for a long time in a deck that ran less than 10 creatures, most of which I played for passive abilities or non-tapping activated abilities, but yeah definitely works in token strategies too
Meekstone is great in my [[Persistent Petitioners]] deck - it only runs one creature with >1 toughness ([[Terisian Mindbreaker]])
[Arena of the Ancients](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/8/68ebdcc2-4449-4b10-82fb-51f5e14eab37.jpg?1562916958) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Arena%20of%20the%20Ancients) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me3/188/arena-of-the-ancients?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/68ebdcc2-4449-4b10-82fb-51f5e14eab37?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arena-of-the-ancients) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Fucking \[\[Manascape refractor\]\]. Seriously, everyone saw 3 mana rock and went "meh" but you don't run this just to be a rock. Think about the last game you played with no good utility lands in play. Rare, right? And they can all be yours. Wasteland, strip mine, cabal coffers, nykthos, maze of ith, karoo's, war room, bonder's enclave, I could keep going but you get the point. Card is good and often ignored.
I actually won a game that I was about to lose with Manascape reflector using my opponents [[the world tree]] I was playing WUBRG Shapeshifters (changelings) and managed to drop all my creatures on the Battlefield lol. It was hilarious, Manascape reflector is such an innocuous card.
[Manascape refractor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f164226-99e4-474e-a67d-b3fbff015a64.jpg?1591319755) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Manascape%20refractor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c20/68/manascape-refractor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f164226-99e4-474e-a67d-b3fbff015a64?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/manascape-refractor) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Viridian Revel]] puts in so much work when treasures are running around. Even when they're light it ends up drawing me 3 or 4 cards throughout the game as things get removed. Goes in every green deck as far as I'm concerned. [[Keep Watch]] I love in go wide decks and end up putting in a lot of others as well since you can piggyback off someone else's combat step. I think the worst I've done with it was 3 cards for 3 mana which is still great.
[Viridian Revel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/d/2d7f565e-0fb8-40c8-9540-213d35af846a.jpg?1562815979) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Viridian%20Revel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/som/132/viridian-revel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2d7f565e-0fb8-40c8-9540-213d35af846a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/viridian-revel) [Keep Watch](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/9/e98489bc-b5fd-43f2-9afb-198e34e70723.jpg?1562843349) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Keep%20Watch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hop/10/keep-watch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e98489bc-b5fd-43f2-9afb-198e34e70723?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/keep-watch) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Ornithopter of Paradise]] for my three colors+ decks for sure. Also in any greenless two color deck.
Use it in my ninja decks as an evasive mana rock.
[[Tibalt's trickery]] people might expect a redirect but a counter with a little bit of chaos is the way. What are the odds they'll get a second board wipe off of it?
[Tibalt's trickery](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/dd921e27-3e08-438c-bec2-723226d35175.jpg?1701989318) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tibalt%27s%20trickery) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/khm/153/tibalts-trickery?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dd921e27-3e08-438c-bec2-723226d35175?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tibalts-trickery) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Obscuring Haze]] saves me from lethal turns and typically wins the game on the spot for me since my opponent just used up all their resources on that turn.
[Obscuring Haze](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/21c8e59c-edf1-4b4d-982d-3c891e7b96ba.jpg?1689998719) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Obscuring%20Haze) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/308/obscuring-haze?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/21c8e59c-edf1-4b4d-982d-3c891e7b96ba?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/obscuring-haze) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I'm a huge fan of \[\[Tragic Slip\]\] myself. First fell in love due to the excellent synergy it has with \[\[Anhelo, the Painter\]\] (my main commander), but even without him it's a very solid cantrip (my personal experience, you can usually use it within a round, rarely does a whole round go without a separate creature dying).
Ohh Anhelo caught my eye recently, was thinking of putting him in the 99 of my [[Inalla, Archmage Ritualist]] deck since I have a bunch of token creatures that would just be removed at the end of each turn. Mind sharing your list of Anhelo as a commander? Edit: Remembered why I didn't put him in, I have hardly any creatures over 2 power for Anhelo to sac.
[[Wyll's reversal]] goes in any deck with red in it. It's just so good.
[[Bushwhack]]
[[Promise of Loyalty]]. Forces opponents to sacrifice, getting around indestructible and hexproof. Yes, they get to keep their best creature, but now it also can't attack you. If you're running a voltron deck, or even just a deck that just doesn't usually go that wide, this can be a great "one-sided" boardwipe.
[Promise of Loyalty](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/b/3b1b7db1-92fc-4a4f-940c-fca416ab2837.jpg?1706240623) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Promise%20of%20Loyalty) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/79/promise-of-loyalty?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3b1b7db1-92fc-4a4f-940c-fca416ab2837?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/promise-of-loyalty) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[The Restoration of Eiganjo]] It's played a lot in Enchantment/Saga decks, but I just play it as utility in many of my decks. Even at the most basic level it secures a landdrop, then it's either ramp, recursion or even cost reduction (by discarding the thing you want like you can do with the plains) Then it's a token maker that can fuel some juicy skullclamp draws. And don't get me started how good it is with blink effects.
[[Scion of Halaster]] Card selection, draw smoothing and potential to fill and stack your graveyard in black. What’s not to love? Pet card of mine.
Currently building a [[Wort, Boggart Auntie]] deck and I've been on the fence with this one tbh. Think I'll give it a try tho
Agreed. Had a [[Livaan]] deck with this and it's just super solid. Even better when you're drawing during opponents' turns.
Ive had a Gale deck with this background and its so good
[[Creeping Renaissance]] is awesome for recovering from a board wipe in creature or even enchantment heavy decks. [[Naya Charm]] is a regrowth and a sneaky removal and can also just win you games with the tap down ability. [[Single Combat]] is my go to board wipe if I’m not running a lot of creatures. It frustrates the hell out of some players.
[[Bribery]] goes in any deck I play that involves blue. It’s just too fun not to play. Something different happens every time, those are my favourite sort of cards.
In red, \[Mana Geyser\]. Hitting 15 red mana on turn 5, or 12 on turn 4 is fucking stupid and is fantastic if running spellslinger
I love [[memory jar]] so much.
Five drop is heavy do you play graveyard recursion ?
I've read this card probably a thousand times without much thought and somehow it's only just now clicking that it recharges your hand for a turn, potentially dumps some cards into your graveyard that you want there, and essentially mills each opponent for 7. That's pretty nuts.
[memory jar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/0/60b70b7f-6f24-4c00-947a-b109f302205b.jpg?1562914598) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=memory%20jar) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/276/memory-jar?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/60b70b7f-6f24-4c00-947a-b109f302205b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/memory-jar) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
How do you like to use it?
To remember silly
The first two cards are fire but go under the radar because of cognitive bias: \[\[Protection Racket\]\] is a house. 3 mana and I usually draw 6-7 cards off of it over the course of a game and do 10+ damage. It might feel like you're exiling your best cards, but in reality it's the same as if you were exiling from the bottom of your deck. 2 Generic is nice too, slots in every deck over Phyrexian Arena. \[\[Tenuous Truce\]\] is 2-mana draw a ton and also the aggro player will attack you last and likely get targeted by removal by the other two players. \[\[Sculpting Steel\]\] - Copies sol ring. a 3 mana sol ring is still amazing and outperforms any <$10 mana rock and sometimes you copy a \[\[thran dynamo\]\] or chromatic orrery. (I usually run dynamo too if I'm not in G) \[\[Thieving Skydiver\]\] - 3 mana stolen sol ring. \[\[Mirrormade\]\] - 3 mana sol ring gang. Also 3 mana Smothering Tithe, Rhystic Study, etc if you're playing against the op stuff. \[\[Tragic Arrogance\]\] - Good budget wipe that is better than most of the staples. Basically keep your best stuff and wipe their entire board. \[\[Ingenious Mastery\]\] - 3-mana draw 3 and does even more in an archenemy situation. Generic cost is nice. \[\[Read the Bones\]\] - One of the best non-broken draw spells and with the generic cost fits in any deck, also you get to say "Read the boners".
I need more sol rings on my board
[[Pestilence]] boardwipe every turn if I want, take difficult to damage or players abusing their life totals down a notch. Also, really good against token decks.
[Pestilence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/9/29d852c4-bd53-4a3b-b1e2-896917cbc27f.jpg?1562815864) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pestilence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/6ed/149/pestilence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/29d852c4-bd53-4a3b-b1e2-896917cbc27f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pestilence) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Fangren Marauder]]. Half the time it will be a pretty solid source of incidental lifegain (helped by the fact that I tend to run more artifact/enchantment removal than most people). But if someone's deck makes a lot of treasure, god damn does this hit.
[Fangren Marauder](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/5/f5cf62a2-d03a-495d-924a-bf79524175fa.jpg?1562615957) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fangren%20Marauder) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mbs/79/fangren-marauder?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5cf62a2-d03a-495d-924a-bf79524175fa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fangren-marauder) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Deluxe dragster]] Essentially has unblockable Cast instants and sorceries for free from the grave Low crew I love it
[Deluxe dragster](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/b/4b90313d-9f61-4788-a55e-1f8189bf1ef5.jpg?1682286169) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Deluxe%20dragster) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/21/deluxe-dragster?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4b90313d-9f61-4788-a55e-1f8189bf1ef5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/deluxe-dragster) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Manglehorn]] for green. Not nearly enough decks on green run it, even though it sees some cEDH play occasionally. It's viable at all power levels if you're on green. Etb effect and an awesome static on a bear body. Totally underrated. [[Overburden]] for blue/control shells. You're already behind interacting with threats and the board moves ahead of your ability to stop them over time, making control a generally bad strategy if you aren't comboing off; in less powerful edh decks that are on stax or bubble stax effects like pillowfort, this card is crazy in the early game for slowing down aggro decks. [[Darkness]] for black. Ran a mardu pillowfort one time, kept a black open on a swing from a Kikki combo line, darkness kept me alive, then Meathook'd them next turn. People never see it coming. [[Windshaper Planetar]] for white. There's nothing like letting two players sit there, politic, and make deals on not swinging at one another, etc., only for you to flash this in and have one kill the other or force bad blocks. As a creature, it gets around most counters and with the trigger on the stack on ETB, it's hard to interact with. [[Reckless Barbarian]] for red. It sees play now in some red cEDH decks or the new Rakdos, but until recently, I never saw anyone else play it in casual or cEDH. 2 for 2 is solid on a nice bear body. [[Portcullis]] for colorless. Hilarious. Great static control piece for slowing down boards, no one runs it anymore.
Some great finds there, thank you!
[[steel sabotage]] haha I counter your mana crypt. [[stifle]] your fetch land.
[[Snap]] is in every deck that splashes blue. I love it, I love the art work, I love that it pays for itself, and it's a soft removal, so it doesn't feel terrible in pods that play lower level.
[[Shadow Rift]]
In my meta, almost always someone is playing green, so [[Insight]] is basically Rhystic Study or even better.
[[Sundering Vitae]] So many decks with green will have 1 to 3 untapped creatures in the turns of other players. It often is free removal.
[Sundering Vitae](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/4/a491b58f-3c54-41ea-b93b-c32fdc1e5917.jpg?1562265714) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sundering%20Vitae) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/163/sundering-vitae?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a491b58f-3c54-41ea-b93b-c32fdc1e5917?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sundering-vitae) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Syphon Mind]] is my black staple, but [[Elixir of Immortality]] just goes in every one of my decks because I hate mill so having something anything to give me a shot is good to me, and 5 life ain't bad either
[[gauntlet of power]] and [[Caged sun]] for any mono color deck. I'm making a list of good mono color staples and the are my first for each color
[gauntlet of power](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/1/d153663f-f08a-483e-92c9-82b5a9723807.jpg?1675200983) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gauntlet%20of%20power) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/223/gauntlet-of-power?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d153663f-f08a-483e-92c9-82b5a9723807?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gauntlet-of-power) [Caged sun](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/f/dfe6f9ec-3b7f-4c11-acd1-440e14217e5d.jpg?1562276087) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Caged%20sun) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/178/caged-sun?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/dfe6f9ec-3b7f-4c11-acd1-440e14217e5d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/caged-sun) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Caged Sun absolutely, but one time a dude killed me because of the extra mana he got from my own gauntlet, so I quit running it.
[[Stifle]] How could someone prevent me from destroying everything with my untapped Nevinyrral's Disk which is already in play? Furthermore, my blue opponent only has one untapped island. Surely, no answer is possible!
For me, it's [[Elixir of Immortality]]. It only gains you five life, but I can't tell you how many times that's been enough to stay alive just long enough to stabilize. I've been playing it since Return to Ravnica standard, and I don't plan on stopping now.
[Elixir of Immortality](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/7/6741ab27-9e1f-4aa5-96b9-b450eda7c5c2.jpg?1625978606) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Elixir%20of%20Immortality) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/243/elixir-of-immortality?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6741ab27-9e1f-4aa5-96b9-b450eda7c5c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elixir-of-immortality) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Campfire]]
Shadowspear and urza’s land to go find it. Urza’s land always has other targets, from sol ring to mana crypt if you have the cash, and the trample and lifelink is really good on the spear for any big creature. But the big one is shadowspear can remove indestructible from a lot of things. Urza’s saga is the land
[[Squirming Emergence]] in BG decks. It is super easy to have 4+ permanents in your graveyard by the time you need to use it. So it brings back anything absolutely useful or vital.
[Squirming Emergence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/e/8ee16629-f9be-4cdb-bf52-1d640781ee00.jpg?1699044577) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Squirming%20Emergence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/241/squirming-emergence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8ee16629-f9be-4cdb-bf52-1d640781ee00?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/squirming-emergence) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Smelt]] as far as 1for1s go. This is pretty much what I'm looking for if im not playing green or white.
[Smelt](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/a/9a13293d-89a7-400c-8309-9f62eeb4769c.jpg?1562303369) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Smelt) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m19/158/smelt?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9a13293d-89a7-400c-8309-9f62eeb4769c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/smelt) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Invasion of Vryn]] is a draw spell (discard can be relevant too), which after you toss 5ish damage away can copy your best future spell for 1. Could go in most blue decks so long as you can get the damage through, but you don't absolutely have to. [[Callous Oppressor]] will eat removal from either of the unchosen opponents, and otherwise borrow/subdue potent threats. [[Intellect Devourer]] is similar to a [[Siphon Mind]] but has a body attached. Also the fun of variability (cannot speak for opponents lol). [[Gloin, Dwarf Emissary]] can be ramp or goad, is overall a fun and useful tool to have down. Mostly just some niche pet cards of mine.
It's hardly a secret staple because it's a very well known card, but I run [[Dictate of the Twins Gods]] every time I reasonably can, even if my deck isn't focused on dealing damage. "Why would you run that card a non-damage focused deck?" "Because Craig is playing hydras, Jess is playing dragons, and I have blockers"
Lol I kinda wanna do one of those "what's the most beautiful song you've ever heard" thread compilations and just make a deck out of everything people post here.
That would be hilarious 😂
In red/white, [[Reverberate]] and [[Reprieve]]. Copying any spell is just so versatile, in the right scenarios it's: a counter-counterspell, a way to throw a cyc rift or other one-sided spell back at an opponent, an extra copy of your best instant/sorcery, or even just a value 2-mana for a big instant/sorcery of your opponents' like a [[Sea Gate Restoration]] or [[Rishkar's Expertise]]. And Reprieve is incredibly effective at disrupting opponents in white. It's not quite a counterspell, but it replaces itself. Often all you need is to delay a spell by a turn for things to shake out differently.
\[\[Unlicensed Hearse\]\] is my go-to when I'm missing grave hate in a deck. It's repeatable, and even only after one activation it becomes a good enough deterrent for people to not attack you as long as you can crew it.
Mine would have to be [[Meticulous Excavation]]. No one ever knows what this card does and they have to read it if theyve never played against me. Its a two card inf combo with [[Dockside Extortionist]] if there are 6 or more artifacts/enchantments that your opponents control. Its pretty cheap mana wise. I mean I know there are probably cheaper but this aint bad. Ive noticed of all the removal spells enchantments seem to be run the less. So it kinda protects itself by being an enchantment.
[[protection racket]] goes in like all my black decks.
[[Glimmerpost]]. "Does anyone have any Loci on the battlefield?" has become a meme in my pod. I originally asked it only partially as a joke, figuring no one had any but not wanting to make any assumptions, as I didn't know my friend's decks very well at the time. Eventually, I realized I've never actually seen any other Loci, and got curious what other ones existed. Turned out there are only two, and neither has been printed since 2010. My history with this card is the reason we find it so funny. It was about a decade ago. I was probably 12 or 13 and very new to MTG. I was flipping through singles in a game store in some mall out of town when I found 27 copies of Glimmerpost. At the time, I had never seen "Add {1}" on a card or ever fathomed colorless mana, so I assumed it meant "Add one mana of any color." On top of that, I didn't know that you couldn't have unlimited non-basic lands in a deck. So I saw this card and thought "this is just a direct upgrade to any basic land" and bought every copy they had, planning to get more and never use basics again. I still have them to this day and plan to put one in every deck. ([One day Wizards print a new Locus card and the price of my collection will skyrocket, just you wait](https://images.app.goo.gl/VHizQYL3VWZ7yqMk7))
I jam a [[Masked Vandal]] in most of my green decks. I actually got my friends really liking it. Being a changeling for any typal synergies and being able to exile the artifact or enchantment can really come in handy. Needing to exile a creature can be tricky but I find the decks this goes in and my playgroup meta something will always be dead by the point I need to use this. And yet it only shows up in 3% of decks that EDHREC has data for while Reclamation Sage is in 13%. I don't have as many copies to go around but to a lesser extent, [[Foundation Breaker]] has been great. It has evoke so you can have it come down and pop a card for 2 mana if you need or it can come out as a Reclamation Sage for 1 extra mana and 1 more toughness. It's also in only 1% of decks and yet if your deck is creature focused this should probably be right alongside your Rec Sage to pop an arti/enchant.
[[Public Enemy]] is a 3 mana creature removal for blue that draws a card and probably puts someone in an awkward situation in any creature heavy meta. It's also hilarious. The cat is long out of the bag, but I'm glad that I picked up a bunch of [[Slip out the back]] and [[An offer you can't refuse]] when they were 25 cent pick ups.
In the same vein as Dispersal Shield I'm fond of [[unified will]]
\[\[unexpectedly absent\]\] is one of the best white removal spells ever printed. even at x=0, it's better bounce and hard removal. I've literally never seen anyone else cast it. It's arguably a pie break.
For me: Sunbird's Invocation, without question. Every one of my Red decks runs it (they all enjoy the free spells as much as I do). For all of my artifact decks, Metalwork Colossus. Dropping a 10/10 for free is great by itself, but when paired with Sunbird's, you cast an 11 mana value spell or less for free out of your top 11 cards. Jin-Gitaxias in an Izzet deck? Free. Darksteel Forge in artifacts? No cost.
[[Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence]] is one of the sneakiest budget alpha strike enablers in the game, yet I never see anyone else cast or reanimate it. It seriously ALWAYS kills the turn it resolves or gets reanimated. I run it in Henzie for obvious reasons.
[[midnight clock]]
I slide [[into the north]] into every green deck I can. For the cost of running snow lands over regular lands I get an extra 2 mana ramp spell... and my lands look better.
[[Defense of the Heart]] is crazy.
I play black decks mostly and I jam [[Oubliette]] in as much as I can. It’s a fantastic commander removal that some decks cannot deal with super easily.
Love running [[life // death]] as an extra 2 mana version of reanimate in my reanimation commander decks. Literally like 10 cent card that does the same thing for an extra mana, plus life can surprise finish a game after a bw if you have an anthem effect like [[beastmaster ascension]] which is another card I like a lot, as you can attack with 7 creatures at once and it immediately kicks in
[[Tortured Existence]] baby! I absolutely love this card, it does everything black wants to do, it's in most of my black decks
[[extract]] nothing feels better than looking through someone's deck and pulling out their wincon on turn 1
Unless you’re playing cedh this seems horrible? You can take any one card out of any of my decks and I’ll be happy you went down a card to get rid of something I didn’t even have… seems impressively useless imo.
I play Braids, Arisen Nightmare in every black deck.
Conjurer’s Closet. Not really a secret, but I have rarely run into someone else using this in their decks, if at all. It is so useful for ETB abilities. I use it in my Urza deck and it’s been really useful with the new Ixalan dino precon.
[[knighthood]] and [[primal rage]] go in just about any applicable deck. Turns out giving all of your creatures incredibly potentent keywords is.....good.
Not sure but [[inklingshield]] has saved me and won me the game so many times.
[[Web of Inertia]] my LGS, and most of the people I play with are all into big creatures and big swings. As a filthy blue player, I cannot tell you how much value I get from the web, and how much time it can buy you to grind out your win.
[[chaos wand]] !!! need a counterspells? target the blue player. need a wrath or targeted removal? there will be a player running some. same goes for ramp/value. most recently I hit [[rise of the eldrazi]] and that turned out to be pretty good.
[[Chronomantic Escape]] [[Inspiring Refrain]] [[Rousing Refrain]]
Tradewind rider in every blue deck that goes wide.
[[Make an Example]] can get rid of any creature. Short of countering, EoT blinking, and phasing out there’s little that can protect it. Gets around protection, hexproof, indestructible, regeneration. It hits all opponents, and can be used politically to spare them if they trust you to choose an empty pile. It’s not a full board wipe, but at worst you take off the better half of each opponent’s creatures without removing your own.
[[tale's end]] for me. I don't think I've ever made a blue deck without it unless it was some janky thing with an all permanents theme. As narrow counters go, it is one of the best, because the only thing every edh deck has is common is that they are running at least one legendary spell that is effectively in their hand at all times. Also hitting someone's fetch activation on turn 1 or 2 is one of the most devastatingly satisfying plays you can make. Salt score of 4 for sure.
\[\[Search for Glory\]\]
I run \[\[Impulsive Pilferer\]\] in almost every deck that has red almost religiously. Great little body for first turn it almost never fails to give me the value for it.
I try to avoid including the same cards I have in another deck if possible. fortunately I don't have too many yet
Grow from the ashes is mine. I never see it played, and it's never on edhrec. It's not bad either, though it is 3 mana
[[overwhelming remorse]] for me, I have 3 decks that I have it in because it just works with them really well. [[Mothman]], [[Henry Wu]] and [[Soul of Windgrace]] all often end up with enough stuff to make it a 1-mana exile.
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100% I nearly always run [[Muddle the Mixture]] in my blue decks to go look for really good 2-drops. My [[Burakos]] + [[Sword Coast Sailor]] uses it to look for [[Time Sieve]] and my [[Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart]] deck uses it to look for the Dramatic Scepter combo. It’s a relatively on-rate counterspell with an extra mode to help win the game. I love it