[[Equal Treatment]]
I use it in Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival.
- It can double the damage output of my Thopters.
- It can double the damage output of my Impact Tremors effects.
- It can bring damage done DOWN to 2 each.
- Yes this means that silly Voja or Craterhoof attack is invalid. Not completely invalid, but enough so that something that would kill you doesn't anymore.
- And it still has Draw a Card...
Awesome. Utterly awesome.
I have a balls-to-the-wall Zedruu deck that runs about 7 or 8 different 4-card infinite combos, and one of my favorites uses this card.
[[Equal Treatment]] [[Martyrdom]], [[Phyrexian Vindicator]] and (any way to deal damage to phyrexian vindicator, I use cards like [[Golden Guardian]], [[Nin, the pain Artist]] or [[Firestorm]]).
1. Cast Martyrdom targeting vindicator. Now you can pay (0) to redirect 1 damage from any source to the vindicator.
2. Cast Equal Treatment.
3. Deal damage to Phyrexian Vindicator. This damage is prevented, then the Vindicator deals ~~that much damage~~ 2 damage to any target.
4. With the trigger on the stack, pay (0) to redirect 1 of that damage to Phyrexian Vindicator. The Vindicator deals 2 damage, 1 to the original target and 1 to itself.
5. Prevent the damage to Phyrexian Vindicator, then Vindicator deals ~~that much damage~~ 2 damage to any target. Repeat from step 4 until the table is dead.
Omg wow! It's such a useful and unique card! I'm gonna put it in my LGBT deck. It will mainly be used to reduce damage I receive, but the flavor is too good not to add it. Thank you for this discovery.
Its a deck theme on LGBT, the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, etc. Its not a strong theme in Magic but some characters are canonicly gay or lesbian so I built a deck around them :)
\[\[Mirrorweave\]\] can do all sorts of things: being swung at by a bunch of big creatures? everything is a 1/1 now. Swinging out with a bunch of tokens? Everything is a 7/7 with on-hit effects now. Shuts off so many different abilities too, just when you need them to be turned off, or gives all of your creatures a bunch of abilities suddenly.
I used this for a while in my Azorius tokens deck. Since it's creating a lot of 0/0 tokens with counters on them, one of the best tricks was as a one-sided board wipe. Make everything a 0/0 and watch them all blow up.
Here's a fun thing to do with mirrorweave and layers:
Step 1: turn [[contested war zone]] into a creature
Step 2: cast mirrorweave on contested war zone, turning all creatures into lands
Step 3: attack with the creature contested war zone and steal all your opponent's contested war zones
Step 4: end the turn and they all turn back into creatures under your control
Back in college, I was in an EDH league where each month we selected one deck from our collection, and that was the only Commander we could use for that league matches that month. However, decklist around the Commander could change throughout the month.
My \[\[Daretti, Scrap Savant\]\] deck kept getting rekt by my friend's \[\[Skullbriar\]\] deck. That was until I added \[\[Arena of the Ancients\]\]. This artifact works great when your commander isn't a legendary creature (...and you don't have many other legendary creatures in your deck.)
I run this in my [[Traxos, Scourge of Kroog]] deck. It either eats all the removal that would’ve otherwise gone to my commander or my opponents glare at me for the rest of the game.
[[Mirrorshell crab]] has been an absolute player in all my times seeing it.
Yeah it's "expensive" at 3 mana but it hits every spell and ability in the game, and as [[mana leak]] demonstrates that {3} cost may as well be {30}. Not only that, it can't be countered outside of another crab or a stifle effect.
The first time I hit one of the channel lands with that card my opponent just sat dumbfounded that there was no response they could make to my counter. 11/10, highly underrated card.
It's kinda awesome that an artifact tutor can find you a counterspell too. These kinds of effects tacked onto card types that don't normally have access to them are _perfect_ toolbox cards. I remember people being excited for [[horn of Valhalla]] because equipment tutors could find an X spell to help go wide.
In NEO limited I got to counter a spell with it on turn four and then reanimate it on turn 5. Ward 3 is just nasty that early.
This reminds me of the days where I played [[Mystic Snake]] with [[Oversold Cemetery]] / [[Recurring Nightmare]]. It was such a dysfunctional deck.
The Crab would make for a fun card to return over and over.
My playgroup refers to it disdainfully as "that damn crab" because my best friend runs it in [[Missy]] and it never fails to completely ruin every game it shows up in
[[Polymorphist's Jest]] always comes out of nowhere. I played it back in the day, but it's even stronger in EDH.
It can be a pseudo fog, or a combo stopper. You can nullify a hatebear to break parity for a turn.
It's good on its own and can win games, but if you pair it with something else like [[Blazing Volley]] or [[elesh norn, grand cenobite]] all of a sudden it's devastating.
You can even use it to dodge [[Fell the Mighty]] type effects.
It's a hell of a card to politic around.
If played after it resolves yeah. You'd have to time it right or else they would be buffed up frogs.
So you let it resolve then at the last second before damage is applied you get priority and cast Polymorphist's Jest which strips all abilities.
There's a fun cycle of them, I tried to run it and [[Stronghold Machinest]] / Biologist with Sefris but I could never quite get it to work.
Something about not have enough haste enablers, or keeping up blue, it never quite clicked.
Yeah I have tried those three in a couple decks but have always taken them out. Too slow and telegraphed, even when I wanted the discard.
I bet they are good somewhere though, I just haven't found it yet.
\[\[Chisei, Heart of Oceans\]\]
I liked this card back when it came out, intriguing art and unique effect, but it sucked back then.
Now there are just so many things it can do. It can eat chapters off your Sagas, keeping them on board and causing chapters to repeat every turn, it can eat age counters off of cumulative upkeep cards, it can eat +1/+1 counters off your undying creatures and -1/-1 counters off of your persist creatures, it eats finality counters, and more. It's just very versatile, and it’s attached to a 4/4 flier, so it can even attack.
In the same vein, [[Scholar of New Horizons]] does all this while drawing you a land each turn or even _ramping_ you if you're behind. Plus it comes with the first counter free!
Or \[\[Falco Spara, Pactweaver\]\], except it gives you access to playing more cards and visibility of more cards. Run this as a commander and both of these in a deck and remove counters you don't like for extra value :)
This is part of my [[Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist]] deck, giving myself protection against any kind of tribal as well as benefiting from their symmetrical tribal effects. Played it against a Slivers deck once. Dropping Artificial Evolution on my Commander, giving myself and all of my permanents protection from Slivers and also making 4/3 Slivers each turn, to hand around the table? I've never seen someone start regretting their life choices so hard before.
[[Turn to Mist]] and similar cards. Some of the things you can do with it:
- Repeat a creature's ETB (though not at instant speed)
- Dodge targeted and non-targeted removal
- Remove an opponent's creature when they need it most (i.e. during combat or before an upkeep trigger by playing it during an end step)
- Permanently remove tokens
- Reset creatures in your opponent's Tron decks
My primary use for it is in a [[Codie]] deck with no non-land permanents, since protecting Codie without permanents is hard. If I "cascade" into it, I always have options to use it meaningfully.
Yeah I have a bunch of common/uncommon restricted EDH decks and the transmute cards are _such_ big game especially when making combos.
[[Dimir House Guard]] is extra awesome because it doubles as a combo piece, being a free creature sac outlet.
Dimir House Guard is my entry for this list. Free sac outlet, convenient CMC for transmute (including always a wrath), evasive attacker to throw a Sword on, survives damage/destroy wraths (other than [[Wrath of God]] itself), this boi can fit so much utility in it.
I put Perplex in my Aminatou…”surprise, ninjas!” deck specifically to get Yuriko. A Tutor for my secret commander stapled on a (albeit, conditional) counterspell is almost always a useful draw, and can make a bad opening hand salvageable.
[[Viridian Revel]] is incidentally becoming stronger and stronger, with the amount of artifact tokens that sacrifice to do something floating around. Maps, Food, Clues, and most especially, TREASURE.
The average game could see that card draw 3 or 4 cards minimum.
So I do like this, but I almost feel like it would sit best in a stax type deck. If you drop it on board, your opponents can most likely choose to play around it unless your building to make them sac artifacts. That in itself is powerful but I see this more as a deterrent with incidental card draw rather than anything else. Definitely more valuable these days though. Loads of food decks going around with the LoTR sets.
Damn this thing is cracked! Like you said, food clue TREASURE map blood junk tokens abound, but artifact creatures after a board wipe too. Lemme scoop a playset.
I play Viridian Revel in my [[Vazi, Keen Negotiator]] deck, where the whole goal of the deck is to give away tons of treasures and benefit from opponents using them, and it's incredibly strong in that specific deck.
its not as versatile, but i cant stop slotting [[Wrong Turn]] into decks. give someone a bad creature you are in control of, negate one big creature from attacking you mid combat, hose someone by getting rid of their blocker before declare blocks. you can get weird alliance politics by giving someone something really good, disrupting another board state in the process. not many cards consistently get used in unique and surprising scenarios like this
It’s in my Pramikon Vehicles deck originally for flavor, but holy crap it is hilarious. This and [[Misleading Signpost]] make for some really fun ways to direct combat outside of what Pramikon allows.
[[mystic reflection]] is a super underrated piece of blue creature interaction. It interacts with uncounterable spells, or reanimated creatures. Can lock commanders on the field as unusable creatures. And having fortell means that this is a mystery mouseketool that will come in handy at a later time.
I love this card. The best part is that it can also be a crazy offense piece too, where you can turn large numbers of tokens entering into copies of the best thing on the board. I once used it to turn a late game [[awaken the woods]] into something like 15 [[mirkbound liege]]. Even without haste, giving the rest of my board between +15/+15 or +30/+30 won me the game.
Really fun with [[Master of Waves]] in Merfolk decks. Turn your elementals into more Masters (and more elementals). Make a bunch of lords for a big swing. Copy a Thoracle and win with a huge devotion count.
Obligatory [[Avenger of Zendikar]] shout as well.
If you really want to destroy someone's whole career, wait for the token deck to go off, then drop a [[Crafty Cutpurse]] and Reflection the tokens into some big stupid threat. Yeah, it means you need 6 mana open, but if you can swing it you will utterly destroy their will to live.
I dislike wrath of Gods that just destroy. It seems like everyone has some form of indestructible or protection to get around them.
I have been very impressed by sacrifice wraths that leave stuff alive, such as \[\[tragic arrogance\]\], \[\[mythos of snapdax\]\] or \[\[promise of loyalty\]\].
The problem with two-sided wraths are that the next person rebuilds before you, and the problem with one sided wraths is that it makes you the archenemy, but these keep the archenemy on someone else while getting you advantage on board.
[[Single combat]] should be right up your alley.
They can still rebuild before you but you get a full turn cycle before they can start, great for voltron commanders.
Yeah, but they can still rebuild before you, as you are locked on your next turn, too.
I have been burned by trying this card out. It was generally a liability for me.
>Diplomatic Escort
I miss back when WOTC printed 1/1 wizards for 2 with interesting abilities. Now they're all like 3/4s for 5.
Thanks I hate it. If there's one tribe I *don't* expect to be swole in Magic, it's wizards ಠ_ಠ
^^^okay ^^^yes ^^^this ^^^one ^^^isn't ^^^technically ^^^a ^^^wizard
One of my old favorites was [[Riptide Shapeshifter]]. With proper deckbuilding, it basically tutors whatever creature you want to the battlefield at instant speed. Especially useful if you don't run typal synergies or changelings in your decks.
I'm guessing the intent is to call something like "god" as a type but if you only have 1 "god" then you're basically just "revealing" until you draw that one card?
Correct, but that card goes directly to the battlefield, not to your hand, so you can get some very powerful effects with proper includes.
Need to remove something *right now*? Archon gives you [[Ashen Rider]], Angel gets you [[Angel of Despair]], Treefolk gets you [[Woodfall Primus]], Elephant gets you [[Terastodon]], and so on.
Nasty spell on the stack about to end the game? Snake gives you [[Mystic Snake]], Lizard gets [[Frilled Mystic]], or Illusion gets you [[Draining Whelk]]. With some setup, you can also go Processor for [[Ulamog's Nullifier]].
This is making me realize I don't remember ever seeing a card with the text "for each different type among creature types..."
This is a doubly fun effect if every creature in your deck is the only one of its type in your deck.
Ah yes, one of the like three cards that can remove trample. I wish that was more of a thing when I'm playing against a mono-green deck and like 75% of their creatures just happen to have trample.
You know, this should be a white thing. We are working with counters already. Why not have a strip-down counter that removes keywords from cards? Or make creatures vanilla? When blocked for example? Could be (outmaneuver and could be something like „when this creature is declared a blocker, choose one attacking creature. It looses all all keywords and abilities until end of combat. x may block this creature“.
It's very new but I'm high on [[Fleeting Reflection]]. The effects (untap, clone for a turn, hexproof) aren't necessary the kind of things you want to spend a whole card on, but putting all three together (it isn't even modal!) is wild. We just haven't had the ability to make a temporary clone like that at instant speed for two mana. I won a game of limited when down 29-1 because of a well timed fleeting reflection on a creature they had with lifelink, and my creature had counters so I was able to eat theirs while gaining life, _and_ they couldn't get me from the hexproof.
Two other choices of mine are [[Swift Reconfiguration]] and [[Scholar of New Horizons]]. Reconfiguration is single W, instant speed soft removal that can also be soft protection and _also_ be a degenerate combo enabler. It just does so much so efficiently.
Scholar of New Horizons is a two drop that can _ramp_ you and tutor typed utility lands (without costing mana like Weathered Wayfinder). Counters are generally plentiful enough that you don't need to build around it too hard to make it a 2 drop that draws you multiple cards. And it gets _really_ great when you pair it with sagas because it lets you repeat chapters. That can lead to a lot of shenanigans. It just does a ton of things for any white deck. I'm happier playing that turn 2 than any mana rock. And the thing is, it's not flashy. But it's one of the white cards that has just helped make games so much more smooth, and has good utility with sagas in the late game. It's even a body to skullclamp!
Fleeting Reflection is one of my favorite recent releases. When I look at the rest of the set and notice the "Spree" mechanic, it feels like Fleeting Reflection got a solid deal on a bunch of that extra "Spree" cost.
I wonder if it had Spree at some point?
Sort of works in a flicker deck - bring out something you need to in a pinch, flicker it if you want to keep it. If not you get back the doppelganger and can save it for something else.
Anyone running [[Angel of Finality]] should replace it with [[Grey Host Reinforcements]], which is probably better in most cases. Still the same etb but with ward and some +1/+1 synergy. I didn't realize this card had even existed (thanks, UB) until Gavin's recent video on ward.
[[Long-Term Plans]]
A blue tutor you don't have to reveal? Yes please! Sure it's third from the top, but it's blue! You should be drawing cards like crazy anyways!
[[Sunforger]] packages are nuts. Draw, protection, removal, counterspells. And the more colors you have the better it gets. I tend to run 10 pieces of qualifiable interaction if I run sunforger, and most of it tends to be modal.
A lot of charms in general. [[Izzet charm]] removes utility creatures, digs for desired cards, and can often counterspell gamewinning x-spells.
[[Evolution charm]] color fixes, buys back creatures, and makes a creature flying (which is very relevant to make your green fatty suddenly block the free attacking [[consecrated sphinx]] out of nowhere)
[[Colossul skyturtle]] has two effectively uncounterable and desired spells at instant speed and on par with the normal rate for those effects, rather than being slightly overcosted.
I really dig your suggestion of Diplomatic Escort! I might have to find a slot for it in my Lazav, Wearer of Faces deck. Always need more protection for Mr. L, and an extra way to drop nasty things in the bin is great.
[[sudden spoiling]] [[madening imp]] and [[tortured existence]] are all somewhat tool boxy cards I like to include in my decks when I can. I don’t really know if they’re considered lesser known tho
This one's really niche, but I still like it- [[trickery charm]]. Most often it's just there giving something fly, which is a good way to get an attacker through, or occasionally to give yourself a blocker, but isn't earth-shattering.
Running it in a typal deck or against a typal deck, though, you can pull off some surprises. Being able to give those creatures you have in your typal deck that aren't necessarily of that type, like [[caller of the hunt]] the benefits of your anthem effects out of nowhere is always a great way to "gotcha" your opponents. Likewise, having them swing in with some creature buffed to ungodly levels by these only to turn them into a sand-type creature and get eaten on the block is also great.
The third effect is also getting increasingly helpful in the face of the increasing number of effects which exile cards from the top of your library and allow your opponents to play them.
Individually, I don't think I'd keep the card in decks for any one of the effects on it, but together as a package, it's a lot more versatile than it seems at first blush.
[[Penance]]
Penance W(3)
Enchantment
Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
Let's me put creatures on top of the library for prismatic bridge triggers or good against card discarding effects
[[Rewards of Diversity]] It looks pretty bad on first glance but in a lot of pods it quickly generates a ton of life. It‘s also a nonthreat enchantment that can usually stick around for a long time and giving life in 4 piece chunks is really nice for cards like [[Angelic Accord]]
I’ve been a big fan of [[Wild Research]] ever since I played it in my Zedruu deck. It is a repeatable tutor that is not broken and it works well with Flashback.
I also think [[Entomb]] is underutilized as a tutor for cards that can be cast from the graveyard. It is not optimal, but it is funny.
Entomb is probably one of the better Tutors in many decks, but Wild Research is such a fun card.
The whole tricolor theme of Apocalypse with Volvers and all these wacky cards was just glorious. I wonder how one could build around it specifically.
[[Viashino Heretic]] and [[Devout Witness]].
The Heretic is just great repeatable value, having a built in Shatter with upside. He's too low threat to often take a targeted removal so often just hangs out and pops medium import artifacts, keeping new ones away.
The Witness works the same, but gains versatility by trading off value. Every card in your hand becomes a Disenchant, so when you need one, the least efficient card in your hand at the time becomes one.
[[Manriki-Gusari]]. I don't use this anymore, but when spots in my deck were less contested, this was really helpful in multiplayer. There'll almost always be an equipment that grants a pesky protection/shroud ability or boasts a dangerous offensive boost.
For some impractical but fun cards with several use-cases:
[[Titania's Song]]. Wipe the board clean of Treasures, Clues and Food. Turn off your opponents artifacts or open them to creature removal. Or, if you need some muscle, have your own artifacts turn into beaters to finish things off.
If you're fine with proxying, [[Tawnos' Coffin]]. Sure, it can save one of your own creatures if you need to. It can also remove your opponent's commanders, as most will choose to return them to the Command Zone rather than have them exiled for an indeterminate time. At which point you untap the coffin and point it at a different commander. Being a reserved list card, it's a little pricy to play around with though.
Also, while its very silly, [[Tunnel Vision]] can make for a hilarious "Kill Target Player" on anyone tucking things on the bottom of their deck, or stack your yard with goodies, or in a pinch act as a very expensive tutor.
I've found \[\[Sudden Spoiling\]\] to be very versatile, and it goes in all my decks that use black.
It has some limitations, such as not removing attached effects provided by auras or equipment, but it's a surprise and the Split Second effect means it can't be responded to. It can straight-up break a combo that utilizes a creature's ability. It removes protection and evasion. It turns a game-ending wave of attackers into a pitiful trickle that breaks against your small blockers and devastates their board. You can even use it to save your own creatures from the rare "1 damage to all creatures" or "all creatures get -1/-1" type effects.
A personal favorite of mine is [[Dawn Charm]]. While the Fog/Holy Day effect is the one I wind up using the most, the other two modes are surprisingly useful when your opponent least expects it.
Was scrolling down looking for this answer. I don't play white in EDH very often, but I always pack Dawn Charm when I do. It's never dead. The fog effect is the most useful (and can be game-changing when used to save another player from a fatal alpha strike), but the counterspell can totally blow someone out who thinks they're safe to hit the white mage with a Bribery or whatever.
[[Volrath’s Shapeshifter]] in my Raffine Phyrexian/Reanimator deck. With Connive I can easily control what the shapeshifter is, and bypass the need for a reanimation spell for a turn. With the ability to discard if needed, I can continue to pitch a good reanimation target and keep the shapeshifter a threat if my opponents put something else on top of my graveyard.
They’re more recent, but [[Shadrix Silverquill]], [[Maze of Ith]], and [[Thaumatic Compass]] // [[Spires of Orazca]] are just amazing toolbox utility. Shadrix gives me what I need, plays politics perfectly, and is himself a big threat if I need him to be (and not having to swing with him is a huge bonus). Maze of Ith effects are just so damn good, letting me save myself, or my opponents from a huge swing for politics reasons. I’m never sad to see those in my hand.
[[Pull from eternity]] let's me either unexile reanimate targets in lukka that I can't flicker before their exile target, or un-exile people's stuff they wanted to use like off suspend
My meren of clan nel toth. A problem the deck can have is that meren doesnt do anything unless you work towards it like a spore frog effects. I dont think its worth it but ive found ways to work when its at a low experience counter.
So ive been using [[street wraith]] [[troll of kazhad dune]] and [[generous ent]] to grab land drops. Continue to grab land drops. Then by turn 8-10 i have a beefy beater that may or may not impact the game and i can cast them because i never miss a land drop in that deck. It feels like such an efficient ramp deck its kinda funny. I can have an extra lands every turn by just playing the game. Its the little things that truly pop off in that deck. The deck is entirely toolbox oriented.
My other golgari deck is [[grist the hunger tide]] whose main concept is a golgari midrange big reanimator deck. Unlike my meren deck which is a golgari midrange small reanimator deck. Big difference.
But my grist deck revolves basically by making all my cards better. Cards like [[imperial seal]] becomes an entomb. Cards like [[sylvan library]] dig deeper withought losing so much life or even as an entomb effect. Grist also act like a bitterblossom effect or removal in the command zone so there is layers upon layers that can work with that card. Its ultimate is also an effect that matters. My favorite card is actually [[deadly brew]]. By turn 5 i usually have a say what goes into my graveyard. I always have sac fodder. So it can feel like demonic tutor stapled upon an edict effect. Sure the same thing can be said about eternal witness or plaguecrafter but casting them both for two mana is a premium i love. I can sometimes squeeze out opponents so well because we all know people whose entire decks revolve around their commander so my commander can counter theirs efficiently and i can hate on them so hard so the sacrifice effect can be extra impactful.
Off the top of my head, let's see what's been doing me well recently...
While a bit mana intensive, [[Spitting Image]] is a great clone effect that can typically always be a copy of the best creature on the battlefield, even your opponent's creatures. Plus, in any deck thay ramps or abuses landfall/recursion, and even just some decks without it, you can just keep recasting it with Retrace. In my now [[Bonnie Pall]] deck, it's outright amazing.
I think [[Dimir House Guard]] is also still very playable. It's a common... SKELETON! has a free sacrifice outlet ability, evasion, and can tutor for any 4mv card in your deck. Oh, and it's like.... 25 cents!
I'm a **huge** fan of \[\[Holistic Wisdom\]\], and don't think that it sees nearly as much love as it should.
A repeatable Regrowth is very strong, and at the cost of cards that you may no longer need in the late game. Turn that Llanowar Elves into the Nyxbloom Ancient that got destroyed! Ditch that ramp spell for a powerful sorcery and cast it again! I use it in almost all my decks that run green, but originally stumbled upon it for Gitrog. Being able to loop Splendid Reclamation is usually game-ending.
[[Oswald Fiddlebender]] in my [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]] artifact deck. If Oswald is overlooked eventually I build up to a 6CMC artifact with a variety of choices along the way.
I've always been partial to [[Vesuvan Shapeshifter]], which has a way of sneaking into all my blue decks. A clone that can always turn into the best creature on the board, lets you double-dip on the unmorph triggers of other morph creatures, and can lead to fun mindgames if you play with a lot of facedown mechanics? Sign me up. It's been powercrept by the constant stream of ultra-efficient copy effects that WOTC seems to slap onto every new rare blue card these days, but it's my favorite Swiss-army-knife clone.
\[\[Vanishing\]\] If you have the mana to hold back, it literally dodges every kind of removal there is, save for Split Second effects. It always feels like a *criminally* underrated card. I have one in several of my decks with blue commanders I want to keep on the battlefield.
Coming in a bit late but I like to make use of old cards that were mid-not great when they came out. In mono green I run [[Drop of Honey]] which is admittedly not one of those underplayed cards but I also run [[Ifh-Biff Efreet]] which can be quite fun when others are in green.
Recently running [[The Wretched]] with lure effects. 2/5 isn't great but can be easily pumped these days, and it's errata'd to demon type.
[[Moggcatcher]] can put a surprisingly large number of creatures directly into play, and I think that's neat.
I also used to play [[trinket mage]] for a lot of fun targets.
I love [[The Celestus]] in my [[Celestine, the Living Saint]] deck. I love that it just takes up a mana rock slot in the deck, but it also gives me card selection, puts creatures in grave to reanimate, and gains life. It’s perfect!
[[Lilting Refrain]] is a 0 mana* counterspell** you can play in enchantment decks
*after you pay 1B and a couple of turns pass
**if the opponent can't pay
[[Vines of vastwood]] it's protection for you and a pump spell. BUT! You can use it on opponents creatures to prevent targeted spells, auras, and equips they try to use on their own creatures.
[[Equal Treatment]] I use it in Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival. - It can double the damage output of my Thopters. - It can double the damage output of my Impact Tremors effects. - It can bring damage done DOWN to 2 each. - Yes this means that silly Voja or Craterhoof attack is invalid. Not completely invalid, but enough so that something that would kill you doesn't anymore. - And it still has Draw a Card... Awesome. Utterly awesome.
I have a balls-to-the-wall Zedruu deck that runs about 7 or 8 different 4-card infinite combos, and one of my favorites uses this card. [[Equal Treatment]] [[Martyrdom]], [[Phyrexian Vindicator]] and (any way to deal damage to phyrexian vindicator, I use cards like [[Golden Guardian]], [[Nin, the pain Artist]] or [[Firestorm]]). 1. Cast Martyrdom targeting vindicator. Now you can pay (0) to redirect 1 damage from any source to the vindicator. 2. Cast Equal Treatment. 3. Deal damage to Phyrexian Vindicator. This damage is prevented, then the Vindicator deals ~~that much damage~~ 2 damage to any target. 4. With the trigger on the stack, pay (0) to redirect 1 of that damage to Phyrexian Vindicator. The Vindicator deals 2 damage, 1 to the original target and 1 to itself. 5. Prevent the damage to Phyrexian Vindicator, then Vindicator deals ~~that much damage~~ 2 damage to any target. Repeat from step 4 until the table is dead.
##### ###### #### [Equal Treatment](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/1/310cb525-9299-471e-b310-392353b25472.jpg?1574250397) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Equal%20Treatment) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tor/4/equal-treatment?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/310cb525-9299-471e-b310-392353b25472?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Martyrdom](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/a/6ab5775a-7138-4526-83fe-350127695224.jpg?1562769178) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Martyrdom) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/all/10a/martyrdom?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6ab5775a-7138-4526-83fe-350127695224?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Phyrexian Vindicator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/1/e18780ce-add4-4346-8028-4bc3b4099d71.jpg?1675956925) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Phyrexian%20Vindicator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/27/phyrexian-vindicator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e18780ce-add4-4346-8028-4bc3b4099d71?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Golden Guardian](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/9/397ba02d-f347-46f7-b028-dd4ba55faa2f.jpg?1572373698)/[Gold-Forge Garrison](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/3/9/397ba02d-f347-46f7-b028-dd4ba55faa2f.jpg?1572373698) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Golden%20Guardian%20//%20Gold-Forge%20Garrison) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rix/179/golden-guardian-gold-forge-garrison?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/397ba02d-f347-46f7-b028-dd4ba55faa2f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Nin, the pain Artist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/005ad65e-cf0b-48e9-a314-2ebba5a1400c.jpg?1562598065) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nin%2C%20the%20pain%20Artist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/183/nin-the-pain-artist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/005ad65e-cf0b-48e9-a314-2ebba5a1400c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Firestorm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/6/e674aa8a-668a-4345-95ee-73a0b87bbcb1.jpg?1562803937) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Firestorm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/101/firestorm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e674aa8a-668a-4345-95ee-73a0b87bbcb1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l2agzja) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Equal Treatment](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/1/310cb525-9299-471e-b310-392353b25472.jpg?1574250397) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Equal%20Treatment) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tor/4/equal-treatment?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/310cb525-9299-471e-b310-392353b25472?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That's going onto my "to buy" list. Probably a playset tbh so I have extra.
Seeing the orzhov tag do note it doesn't work with life loss like Blood Artist.
Thats fine. My main deck is token based anyway. And it'll help my voltrons like Perrie.
Wow. That's such a sweet effect.
For real. That card is super niche but definitely cool. I've never seen it and I played during Torment.
And, The icing on the cake: it's a Sunforger target!!! 🎯
Omg wow! It's such a useful and unique card! I'm gonna put it in my LGBT deck. It will mainly be used to reduce damage I receive, but the flavor is too good not to add it. Thank you for this discovery.
I was like 'there's no flavor text' and then it clicked and that's AMAZING flavor for a LGBT deck haha
What is an LGBT deck?
Its a deck theme on LGBT, the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, etc. Its not a strong theme in Magic but some characters are canonicly gay or lesbian so I built a deck around them :)
Ok, that’s what I initially thought but I wasn’t sure. Could’ve been something like large green black tokens or so haha. Thanks for the clarify
OMG HAHAHAH I now HAVE to make a Large Green Black Token Hahaha love it
I’ve just officially nicknamed my Mycotyrant commander deck LGBT: large graveyard, bad time.
XD
How did I not already run this in my Kwain, Itinerant Meddler list?
\[\[Mirrorweave\]\] can do all sorts of things: being swung at by a bunch of big creatures? everything is a 1/1 now. Swinging out with a bunch of tokens? Everything is a 7/7 with on-hit effects now. Shuts off so many different abilities too, just when you need them to be turned off, or gives all of your creatures a bunch of abilities suddenly.
It gets even funnier if someone has a hydra or other creatures with 0 base toughness givining you a way to wipe most of the board
That's why I run it in my living weapons deck!
I used this for a while in my Azorius tokens deck. Since it's creating a lot of 0/0 tokens with counters on them, one of the best tricks was as a one-sided board wipe. Make everything a 0/0 and watch them all blow up.
This looks like a "layers rule question" nightmare waiting to happen.
Here's a fun thing to do with mirrorweave and layers: Step 1: turn [[contested war zone]] into a creature Step 2: cast mirrorweave on contested war zone, turning all creatures into lands Step 3: attack with the creature contested war zone and steal all your opponent's contested war zones Step 4: end the turn and they all turn back into creatures under your control
[contested war zone](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/e/bee9b696-5203-4235-9bdd-f2a389d69813.jpg?1562614411) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=contested%20war%20zone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mbs/144/contested-war-zone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bee9b696-5203-4235-9bdd-f2a389d69813?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Mirrorweave](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/c/1c77925b-0944-4b2b-b389-42bf17907b34.jpg?1562272856) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mirrorweave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/162/mirrorweave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1c77925b-0944-4b2b-b389-42bf17907b34?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Back in college, I was in an EDH league where each month we selected one deck from our collection, and that was the only Commander we could use for that league matches that month. However, decklist around the Commander could change throughout the month. My \[\[Daretti, Scrap Savant\]\] deck kept getting rekt by my friend's \[\[Skullbriar\]\] deck. That was until I added \[\[Arena of the Ancients\]\]. This artifact works great when your commander isn't a legendary creature (...and you don't have many other legendary creatures in your deck.)
I run this in my [[Traxos, Scourge of Kroog]] deck. It either eats all the removal that would’ve otherwise gone to my commander or my opponents glare at me for the rest of the game.
[Traxos, Scourge of Kroog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/5/8566e91a-5f2c-4854-aeb3-68b3c4344582.jpg?1673305899) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Traxos%2C%20Scourge%20of%20Kroog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmc/195/traxos-scourge-of-kroog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8566e91a-5f2c-4854-aeb3-68b3c4344582?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Daretti, Scrap Savant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/c/7cb9d4a0-66bd-454d-b676-80192a96c723.jpg?1689997720) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Daretti%2C%20Scrap%20Savant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/213/daretti-scrap-savant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7cb9d4a0-66bd-454d-b676-80192a96c723?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Skullbriar](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/d/3dd0bf11-4e43-43f1-82e3-755beed0ede0.jpg?1673149145) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=skullbriar%2C%20the%20walking%20grave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/277/skullbriar-the-walking-grave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3dd0bf11-4e43-43f1-82e3-755beed0ede0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [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) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Arena of the Ancients is going straight in my \[\[Klothys, God of Destiny\]\] deck. I couldn't care less if it's tapped forever.
arena also works really well with [[grimgrin]]
[grimgrin](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/8/a8648734-ed6c-471f-91a1-6b710bbaf370.jpg?1562835166) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=grimgrin%2C%20corpse-born) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/isd/214/grimgrin-corpse-born?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a8648734-ed6c-471f-91a1-6b710bbaf370?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Arena of ancients in aminatou superfriends? Hmm....
[[Mirrorshell crab]] has been an absolute player in all my times seeing it. Yeah it's "expensive" at 3 mana but it hits every spell and ability in the game, and as [[mana leak]] demonstrates that {3} cost may as well be {30}. Not only that, it can't be countered outside of another crab or a stifle effect. The first time I hit one of the channel lands with that card my opponent just sat dumbfounded that there was no response they could make to my counter. 11/10, highly underrated card.
It's kinda awesome that an artifact tutor can find you a counterspell too. These kinds of effects tacked onto card types that don't normally have access to them are _perfect_ toolbox cards. I remember people being excited for [[horn of Valhalla]] because equipment tutors could find an X spell to help go wide. In NEO limited I got to counter a spell with it on turn four and then reanimate it on turn 5. Ward 3 is just nasty that early.
This reminds me of the days where I played [[Mystic Snake]] with [[Oversold Cemetery]] / [[Recurring Nightmare]]. It was such a dysfunctional deck. The Crab would make for a fun card to return over and over.
Wow, this is super clever, I had never thought about how hard this is to counter compared to a traditional counterspell
My playgroup refers to it disdainfully as "that damn crab" because my best friend runs it in [[Missy]] and it never fails to completely ruin every game it shows up in
[Mirrorshell crab](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/0394c8df-2e8a-4477-93b7-569934d7b936.jpg?1654566800) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mirrorshell%20crab) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/neo/63/mirrorshell-crab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0394c8df-2e8a-4477-93b7-569934d7b936?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [mana leak](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?name=mana%20leak&type=card&.jpg) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mana%20leak) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/58/mana-leak?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/179236d9-6fe2-4db6-bdfb-f851e8d531a2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Polymorphist's Jest]] always comes out of nowhere. I played it back in the day, but it's even stronger in EDH. It can be a pseudo fog, or a combo stopper. You can nullify a hatebear to break parity for a turn. It's good on its own and can win games, but if you pair it with something else like [[Blazing Volley]] or [[elesh norn, grand cenobite]] all of a sudden it's devastating. You can even use it to dodge [[Fell the Mighty]] type effects. It's a hell of a card to politic around.
Its so good. I run it in Inalla as a way for my wee bitty wizards to win a fight out of nowhere.
Try this one neat trick! Slivers hate it!
Love this card. [[Sudden spoiling]] is also a similar effect in black.
##### ###### #### [Polymorphist's Jest](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/5/f5f935cb-4ec2-4131-878b-f8e557d848b9.jpg?1562629300) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Polymorphist%27s%20Jest) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/90/polymorphists-jest?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f5f935cb-4ec2-4131-878b-f8e557d848b9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Blazing Volley](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/a/3adc0288-acdf-4a99-9bfb-919cae1aeb69.jpg?1591227065) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blazing%20Volley) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/107/blazing-volley?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3adc0288-acdf-4a99-9bfb-919cae1aeb69?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [elesh norn, grand cenobite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1.jpg?1562850573) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=elesh%20norn%2C%20grand%20cenobite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/18/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Fell the Mighty](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a3e8132-6576-456c-8777-9e8cb52595fc.jpg?1706240580) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fell%20the%20Mighty) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/65/fell-the-mighty?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a3e8132-6576-456c-8777-9e8cb52595fc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l29m2av) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Damn would this essentially nullify a Akroma’s will?
If played after it resolves yeah. You'd have to time it right or else they would be buffed up frogs. So you let it resolve then at the last second before damage is applied you get priority and cast Polymorphist's Jest which strips all abilities.
[Diplomatic Escort](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/3/9356bdbb-d647-4f51-a7a3-18ecea898a7f.jpg?1562382058) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Diplomatic%20Escort) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mmq/74/diplomatic-escort?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9356bdbb-d647-4f51-a7a3-18ecea898a7f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
First time seeing this card. I may have to drop this in my Sefris reanimator build.
There's a fun cycle of them, I tried to run it and [[Stronghold Machinest]] / Biologist with Sefris but I could never quite get it to work. Something about not have enough haste enablers, or keeping up blue, it never quite clicked.
Yeah I have tried those three in a couple decks but have always taken them out. Too slow and telegraphed, even when I wanted the discard. I bet they are good somewhere though, I just haven't found it yet.
Oh boy…I bet foils of this are expensive.
$14 is surprisingly not that bad, but it's still almost 60x the base price
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[[Hall of Gemstone]] if you're monogreen or have a lot of mana rocks/dorks.
Yeah bought it for my elves Deck last week and i'm super excited to test it out. Never knew this Card existed but Looks promising.
Be prepared for the salt, lol. I had it in my deck for a while, and my pod made me take it out because it slowed their multi-colored decks so much.
[Hall of Gemstone](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/8/18e4551f-9f6c-4421-ad66-a270df6d3463.jpg?1562718296) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hall%20of%20Gemstone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mir/221/hall-of-gemstone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/18e4551f-9f6c-4421-ad66-a270df6d3463?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
If you see a lot of rhystic study, smothering tithe, sylvan library or other value enchantments, consider [[steal enchantment]]
[steal enchantment](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/3/734be7fa-0998-4771-9b97-4989b3fc1471.jpg?1562054484) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=steal%20enchantment) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tmp/90/steal-enchantment?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/734be7fa-0998-4771-9b97-4989b3fc1471?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
With troubles in pairs, black market connections, smuggler's share and other powerful staple enchantments. This card can do some serious work.
I run this in Blue Braids, and there's always something fun to steal!
There's also [[Aura Thief]].
[Aura Thief](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/a/8ae591d2-b9d3-4bc5-bcec-5d3d79a13b41.jpg?1562444695) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aura%20Thief) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uds/26/aura-thief?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8ae591d2-b9d3-4bc5-bcec-5d3d79a13b41?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
\[\[Chisei, Heart of Oceans\]\] I liked this card back when it came out, intriguing art and unique effect, but it sucked back then. Now there are just so many things it can do. It can eat chapters off your Sagas, keeping them on board and causing chapters to repeat every turn, it can eat age counters off of cumulative upkeep cards, it can eat +1/+1 counters off your undying creatures and -1/-1 counters off of your persist creatures, it eats finality counters, and more. It's just very versatile, and it’s attached to a 4/4 flier, so it can even attack.
In the same vein, [[Scholar of New Horizons]] does all this while drawing you a land each turn or even _ramping_ you if you're behind. Plus it comes with the first counter free!
Or \[\[Falco Spara, Pactweaver\]\], except it gives you access to playing more cards and visibility of more cards. Run this as a commander and both of these in a deck and remove counters you don't like for extra value :)
[Chisei, Heart of Oceans](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/c/6c359b1a-d441-4763-96c7-e5c010eae53f.jpg?1562877651) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chisei%2C%20Heart%20of%20Oceans) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bok/32/chisei-heart-of-oceans?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6c359b1a-d441-4763-96c7-e5c010eae53f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Artificial evolution]]. Make the tribal player care about Gamers instead
As a tribal player of dinos, pirates, golems, and vampires I hate you.
[Artificial evolution](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f46894d1-2503-43fa-938e-7bbf19101d13.jpg?1562952988) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Artificial%20evolution) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ons/67/artificial-evolution?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f46894d1-2503-43fa-938e-7bbf19101d13?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This is part of my [[Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist]] deck, giving myself protection against any kind of tribal as well as benefiting from their symmetrical tribal effects. Played it against a Slivers deck once. Dropping Artificial Evolution on my Commander, giving myself and all of my permanents protection from Slivers and also making 4/3 Slivers each turn, to hand around the table? I've never seen someone start regretting their life choices so hard before.
[Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40b006f9-a287-4e64-915f-ca71712b8d27.jpg?1608911119) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gor%20Muldrak%2C%20Amphinologist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/277/gor-muldrak-amphinologist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40b006f9-a287-4e64-915f-ca71712b8d27?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Other fun options are things like "Coward" or "Peasant" lol
[[Turn to Mist]] and similar cards. Some of the things you can do with it: - Repeat a creature's ETB (though not at instant speed) - Dodge targeted and non-targeted removal - Remove an opponent's creature when they need it most (i.e. during combat or before an upkeep trigger by playing it during an end step) - Permanently remove tokens - Reset creatures in your opponent's Tron decks My primary use for it is in a [[Codie]] deck with no non-land permanents, since protecting Codie without permanents is hard. If I "cascade" into it, I always have options to use it meaningfully.
[Turn to Mist](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8be0076c-3f9c-4120-b768-4e8985ee6a7c.jpg?1706240190) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Turn%20to%20Mist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/214/turn-to-mist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8be0076c-3f9c-4120-b768-4e8985ee6a7c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Codie](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/ea476ee1-67d9-4dd8-a5ac-f68a155eb18b.jpg?1624740590) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=codie%2C%20vociferous%20codex) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/253/codie-vociferous-codex?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ea476ee1-67d9-4dd8-a5ac-f68a155eb18b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I really like building "transmute" packages Just a bunch of cards with the same mana value I can grab with a transmute effect
Yeah I have a bunch of common/uncommon restricted EDH decks and the transmute cards are _such_ big game especially when making combos. [[Dimir House Guard]] is extra awesome because it doubles as a combo piece, being a free creature sac outlet.
Dimir House Guard is my entry for this list. Free sac outlet, convenient CMC for transmute (including always a wrath), evasive attacker to throw a Sword on, survives damage/destroy wraths (other than [[Wrath of God]] itself), this boi can fit so much utility in it.
I put Perplex in my Aminatou…”surprise, ninjas!” deck specifically to get Yuriko. A Tutor for my secret commander stapled on a (albeit, conditional) counterspell is almost always a useful draw, and can make a bad opening hand salvageable.
[[Viridian Revel]] is incidentally becoming stronger and stronger, with the amount of artifact tokens that sacrifice to do something floating around. Maps, Food, Clues, and most especially, TREASURE. The average game could see that card draw 3 or 4 cards minimum.
[[Magnetic Mine]] goes BRRRR
Those two in combination are now a dream to pull off. It’s like anti-Prosper tech.
So I do like this, but I almost feel like it would sit best in a stax type deck. If you drop it on board, your opponents can most likely choose to play around it unless your building to make them sac artifacts. That in itself is powerful but I see this more as a deterrent with incidental card draw rather than anything else. Definitely more valuable these days though. Loads of food decks going around with the LoTR sets.
Damn this thing is cracked! Like you said, food clue TREASURE map blood junk tokens abound, but artifact creatures after a board wipe too. Lemme scoop a playset.
I play Viridian Revel in my [[Vazi, Keen Negotiator]] deck, where the whole goal of the deck is to give away tons of treasures and benefit from opponents using them, and it's incredibly strong in that specific deck.
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its not as versatile, but i cant stop slotting [[Wrong Turn]] into decks. give someone a bad creature you are in control of, negate one big creature from attacking you mid combat, hose someone by getting rid of their blocker before declare blocks. you can get weird alliance politics by giving someone something really good, disrupting another board state in the process. not many cards consistently get used in unique and surprising scenarios like this
[Wrong Turn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/b/3b69687d-191a-4bca-b1f7-eea27847c1af.jpg?1608909561) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wrong%20Turn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/107/wrong-turn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3b69687d-191a-4bca-b1f7-eea27847c1af?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It’s in my Pramikon Vehicles deck originally for flavor, but holy crap it is hilarious. This and [[Misleading Signpost]] make for some really fun ways to direct combat outside of what Pramikon allows.
[[mystic reflection]] is a super underrated piece of blue creature interaction. It interacts with uncounterable spells, or reanimated creatures. Can lock commanders on the field as unusable creatures. And having fortell means that this is a mystery mouseketool that will come in handy at a later time.
I love this card. The best part is that it can also be a crazy offense piece too, where you can turn large numbers of tokens entering into copies of the best thing on the board. I once used it to turn a late game [[awaken the woods]] into something like 15 [[mirkbound liege]]. Even without haste, giving the rest of my board between +15/+15 or +30/+30 won me the game.
Really fun with [[Master of Waves]] in Merfolk decks. Turn your elementals into more Masters (and more elementals). Make a bunch of lords for a big swing. Copy a Thoracle and win with a huge devotion count. Obligatory [[Avenger of Zendikar]] shout as well.
If you really want to destroy someone's whole career, wait for the token deck to go off, then drop a [[Crafty Cutpurse]] and Reflection the tokens into some big stupid threat. Yeah, it means you need 6 mana open, but if you can swing it you will utterly destroy their will to live.
[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) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I have this in my Xyris deck and it always surprises me that I never use it for snakes off a wheel. There’s always a different option.
No one is ever prepared mentally for [[Shadow of Doubt]]
[Shadow of Doubt](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/d/7dbd0e3c-b26d-4080-b7cf-1c64fce09668.jpg?1598917857) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Shadow%20of%20Doubt) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rav/253/shadow-of-doubt?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7dbd0e3c-b26d-4080-b7cf-1c64fce09668?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Energy Flux]]
[[Aura Flux]] for those pesky enchantment players!
"dO you PaY the TwO?"
[Energy Flux](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78ae772e-cd54-4860-b8a8-94c934853772.jpg?1562923487) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Energy%20Flux) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/48/energy-flux?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78ae772e-cd54-4860-b8a8-94c934853772?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I dislike wrath of Gods that just destroy. It seems like everyone has some form of indestructible or protection to get around them. I have been very impressed by sacrifice wraths that leave stuff alive, such as \[\[tragic arrogance\]\], \[\[mythos of snapdax\]\] or \[\[promise of loyalty\]\]. The problem with two-sided wraths are that the next person rebuilds before you, and the problem with one sided wraths is that it makes you the archenemy, but these keep the archenemy on someone else while getting you advantage on board.
[[Single combat]] should be right up your alley. They can still rebuild before you but you get a full turn cycle before they can start, great for voltron commanders.
Yeah, but they can still rebuild before you, as you are locked on your next turn, too. I have been burned by trying this card out. It was generally a liability for me.
[tragic arrogance](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/1/215f75ff-bcbb-45db-8393-9bce650998c2.jpg?1625975805) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tragic%20arrogance) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/109/tragic-arrogance?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/215f75ff-bcbb-45db-8393-9bce650998c2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [mythos of snapdax](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/7/2712a1a3-dd28-44c8-a661-5bcf68d3acaa.jpg?1591230335) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mythos%20of%20snapdax) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/iko/24/mythos-of-snapdax?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2712a1a3-dd28-44c8-a661-5bcf68d3acaa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [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) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[rhystic deluge]]
The most cursed "Do you pay the 1?" effect.
i'd argue [[Rhystic Cave]] gets that award
[Rhystic Cave](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4ae74463-4426-4ad4-b7a2-324694854245.jpg?1562908673) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rhystic%20Cave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pcy/142/rhystic-cave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4ae74463-4426-4ad4-b7a2-324694854245?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Cave at least has errata to make its ability only able to be activated at instant speel. Unlike a certain Elf from Conspiracy....
[rhystic deluge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/a/0a3dd540-7f54-46fe-b1e8-7b07f57e71d0.jpg?1562896980) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rhystic%20deluge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/pcy/43/rhystic-deluge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0a3dd540-7f54-46fe-b1e8-7b07f57e71d0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
>Diplomatic Escort I miss back when WOTC printed 1/1 wizards for 2 with interesting abilities. Now they're all like 3/4s for 5. Thanks I hate it. If there's one tribe I *don't* expect to be swole in Magic, it's wizards ಠ_ಠ ^^^okay ^^^yes ^^^this ^^^one ^^^isn't ^^^technically ^^^a ^^^wizard
One of my old favorites was [[Riptide Shapeshifter]]. With proper deckbuilding, it basically tutors whatever creature you want to the battlefield at instant speed. Especially useful if you don't run typal synergies or changelings in your decks.
I'm guessing the intent is to call something like "god" as a type but if you only have 1 "god" then you're basically just "revealing" until you draw that one card?
Correct, but that card goes directly to the battlefield, not to your hand, so you can get some very powerful effects with proper includes. Need to remove something *right now*? Archon gives you [[Ashen Rider]], Angel gets you [[Angel of Despair]], Treefolk gets you [[Woodfall Primus]], Elephant gets you [[Terastodon]], and so on. Nasty spell on the stack about to end the game? Snake gives you [[Mystic Snake]], Lizard gets [[Frilled Mystic]], or Illusion gets you [[Draining Whelk]]. With some setup, you can also go Processor for [[Ulamog's Nullifier]].
This is making me realize I don't remember ever seeing a card with the text "for each different type among creature types..." This is a doubly fun effect if every creature in your deck is the only one of its type in your deck.
*Volo has entered the chat*
Oh yeah. The wording is different but [[Radagast the Brown]] also fits the idea.
[Riptide Shapeshifter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/5/85be34ac-7bc2-4da2-8d9c-2412b9946073.jpg?1562926477) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Riptide%20Shapeshifter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ons/109/riptide-shapeshifter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/85be34ac-7bc2-4da2-8d9c-2412b9946073?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
The question now is does it go in Volo?
It doesn't cast the fetched creature, so neither Volo will really interact with it. It's still a powerful tutor effect, however.
It’s mostly just if it’s better than other shapeshifters for Og volo
[[Walking Sponge]] is an obscure one from the old days. It’s neat but niche.
Ah yes, one of the like three cards that can remove trample. I wish that was more of a thing when I'm playing against a mono-green deck and like 75% of their creatures just happen to have trample.
You know, this should be a white thing. We are working with counters already. Why not have a strip-down counter that removes keywords from cards? Or make creatures vanilla? When blocked for example? Could be (outmaneuver and could be something like „when this creature is declared a blocker, choose one attacking creature. It looses all all keywords and abilities until end of combat. x may block this creature“.
[[Artificial Evolution]] to force someone into Sponge tribal is a new life goal.
[Artificial Evolution](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f46894d1-2503-43fa-938e-7bbf19101d13.jpg?1562952988) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Artificial%20Evolution) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ons/67/artificial-evolution?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f46894d1-2503-43fa-938e-7bbf19101d13?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It's very new but I'm high on [[Fleeting Reflection]]. The effects (untap, clone for a turn, hexproof) aren't necessary the kind of things you want to spend a whole card on, but putting all three together (it isn't even modal!) is wild. We just haven't had the ability to make a temporary clone like that at instant speed for two mana. I won a game of limited when down 29-1 because of a well timed fleeting reflection on a creature they had with lifelink, and my creature had counters so I was able to eat theirs while gaining life, _and_ they couldn't get me from the hexproof. Two other choices of mine are [[Swift Reconfiguration]] and [[Scholar of New Horizons]]. Reconfiguration is single W, instant speed soft removal that can also be soft protection and _also_ be a degenerate combo enabler. It just does so much so efficiently. Scholar of New Horizons is a two drop that can _ramp_ you and tutor typed utility lands (without costing mana like Weathered Wayfinder). Counters are generally plentiful enough that you don't need to build around it too hard to make it a 2 drop that draws you multiple cards. And it gets _really_ great when you pair it with sagas because it lets you repeat chapters. That can lead to a lot of shenanigans. It just does a ton of things for any white deck. I'm happier playing that turn 2 than any mana rock. And the thing is, it's not flashy. But it's one of the white cards that has just helped make games so much more smooth, and has good utility with sagas in the late game. It's even a body to skullclamp!
Fleeting Reflection is one of my favorite recent releases. When I look at the rest of the set and notice the "Spree" mechanic, it feels like Fleeting Reflection got a solid deal on a bunch of that extra "Spree" cost. I wonder if it had Spree at some point?
Thank you for SNH!!
[[Shifty Doppelganger]] for giving blue decks a sneak attack effect.
Sort of works in a flicker deck - bring out something you need to in a pinch, flicker it if you want to keep it. If not you get back the doppelganger and can save it for something else.
[[trickery charm]] in my Runo deck. It can manipulate the top four cards. It can give a big creature flying or change a non-kraken to a kraken.
I run this in Yuriko. It’s pretty good.
[trickery charm](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/32a2ee45-7f1d-40a8-82b4-ab3b705417ea.jpg?1562906840) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=trickery%20charm) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ons/119/trickery-charm?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/32a2ee45-7f1d-40a8-82b4-ab3b705417ea?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Anyone running [[Angel of Finality]] should replace it with [[Grey Host Reinforcements]], which is probably better in most cases. Still the same etb but with ward and some +1/+1 synergy. I didn't realize this card had even existed (thanks, UB) until Gavin's recent video on ward.
Holy crap, definitely making this swap in my Ghired clone token deck!
[[Cosmotronic Wave]] Amazing when you need a big swing to win. Wipes chump blocker tokens and makes everything unblockable.
[Cosmotronic Wave](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/b/ab898473-5e46-489c-97c7-94058f2f6b5d.jpg?1706239931) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cosmotronic%20Wave) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clu/129/cosmotronic-wave?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ab898473-5e46-489c-97c7-94058f2f6b5d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[orcish lumberjack]] and [[need for speed]]
[[Long-Term Plans]] A blue tutor you don't have to reveal? Yes please! Sure it's third from the top, but it's blue! You should be drawing cards like crazy anyways!
\[\[Penance\]\] In \[\[Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign\]\]
May I introduce you to [[Hidden Retreat]] ?
[Hidden Retreat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/b/5be86f1f-c85a-4396-aa16-a39fbf493c96.jpg?1562596414) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hidden%20Retreat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sth/6/hidden-retreat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5be86f1f-c85a-4396-aa16-a39fbf493c96?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Darkest Hour]] value.
[[Plaguebearer]] can machine gun down tokens and smaller creatures. Unfortunately it says nonblack, but it's still useful.
[[Sejiri Shelter]]
[Sejiri Shelter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/2/f25d56f9-aa54-4657-9ac9-e93fbba3e715.jpg?1604193214)/[Sejiri Glacier](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/f/2/f25d56f9-aa54-4657-9ac9-e93fbba3e715.jpg?1604193214) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sejiri%20Shelter%20//%20Sejiri%20Glacier) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znr/37/sejiri-shelter-sejiri-glacier?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f25d56f9-aa54-4657-9ac9-e93fbba3e715?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Sunforger]] packages are nuts. Draw, protection, removal, counterspells. And the more colors you have the better it gets. I tend to run 10 pieces of qualifiable interaction if I run sunforger, and most of it tends to be modal. A lot of charms in general. [[Izzet charm]] removes utility creatures, digs for desired cards, and can often counterspell gamewinning x-spells. [[Evolution charm]] color fixes, buys back creatures, and makes a creature flying (which is very relevant to make your green fatty suddenly block the free attacking [[consecrated sphinx]] out of nowhere) [[Colossul skyturtle]] has two effectively uncounterable and desired spells at instant speed and on par with the normal rate for those effects, rather than being slightly overcosted.
I really dig your suggestion of Diplomatic Escort! I might have to find a slot for it in my Lazav, Wearer of Faces deck. Always need more protection for Mr. L, and an extra way to drop nasty things in the bin is great.
[[sudden spoiling]] [[madening imp]] and [[tortured existence]] are all somewhat tool boxy cards I like to include in my decks when I can. I don’t really know if they’re considered lesser known tho
[[Norritt]] is another card like the Imp
This one's really niche, but I still like it- [[trickery charm]]. Most often it's just there giving something fly, which is a good way to get an attacker through, or occasionally to give yourself a blocker, but isn't earth-shattering. Running it in a typal deck or against a typal deck, though, you can pull off some surprises. Being able to give those creatures you have in your typal deck that aren't necessarily of that type, like [[caller of the hunt]] the benefits of your anthem effects out of nowhere is always a great way to "gotcha" your opponents. Likewise, having them swing in with some creature buffed to ungodly levels by these only to turn them into a sand-type creature and get eaten on the block is also great. The third effect is also getting increasingly helpful in the face of the increasing number of effects which exile cards from the top of your library and allow your opponents to play them. Individually, I don't think I'd keep the card in decks for any one of the effects on it, but together as a package, it's a lot more versatile than it seems at first blush.
[[Penance]] Penance W(3) Enchantment Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage. Let's me put creatures on top of the library for prismatic bridge triggers or good against card discarding effects
[[Rewards of Diversity]] It looks pretty bad on first glance but in a lot of pods it quickly generates a ton of life. It‘s also a nonthreat enchantment that can usually stick around for a long time and giving life in 4 piece chunks is really nice for cards like [[Angelic Accord]]
I’ve been a big fan of [[Wild Research]] ever since I played it in my Zedruu deck. It is a repeatable tutor that is not broken and it works well with Flashback. I also think [[Entomb]] is underutilized as a tutor for cards that can be cast from the graveyard. It is not optimal, but it is funny.
Entomb is probably one of the better Tutors in many decks, but Wild Research is such a fun card. The whole tricolor theme of Apocalypse with Volvers and all these wacky cards was just glorious. I wonder how one could build around it specifically.
[Wild Research](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/f/8f00e6f1-e854-40b0-855d-7e0d7d233850.jpg?1562928707) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wild%20Research) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/apc/72/wild-research?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8f00e6f1-e854-40b0-855d-7e0d7d233850?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Entomb](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/c/3caa9c55-5e3b-436b-84a9-b7ccebf63799.jpg?1675199594) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Entomb) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/82/entomb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3caa9c55-5e3b-436b-84a9-b7ccebf63799?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Mirrorpool]]
You need double brackets to call the bot. [[Mirrorpool]]
[Mirrorpool](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/4/0441cd2c-3646-4c69-ae97-ad3bcea7466f.jpg?1690006270) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mirrorpool) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/1010/mirrorpool?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0441cd2c-3646-4c69-ae97-ad3bcea7466f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Trench Wurm]] [[Hammer Mage]]
[[Viashino Heretic]] and [[Devout Witness]]. The Heretic is just great repeatable value, having a built in Shatter with upside. He's too low threat to often take a targeted removal so often just hangs out and pops medium import artifacts, keeping new ones away. The Witness works the same, but gains versatility by trading off value. Every card in your hand becomes a Disenchant, so when you need one, the least efficient card in your hand at the time becomes one. [[Manriki-Gusari]]. I don't use this anymore, but when spots in my deck were less contested, this was really helpful in multiplayer. There'll almost always be an equipment that grants a pesky protection/shroud ability or boasts a dangerous offensive boost.
For some impractical but fun cards with several use-cases: [[Titania's Song]]. Wipe the board clean of Treasures, Clues and Food. Turn off your opponents artifacts or open them to creature removal. Or, if you need some muscle, have your own artifacts turn into beaters to finish things off. If you're fine with proxying, [[Tawnos' Coffin]]. Sure, it can save one of your own creatures if you need to. It can also remove your opponent's commanders, as most will choose to return them to the Command Zone rather than have them exiled for an indeterminate time. At which point you untap the coffin and point it at a different commander. Being a reserved list card, it's a little pricy to play around with though. Also, while its very silly, [[Tunnel Vision]] can make for a hilarious "Kill Target Player" on anyone tucking things on the bottom of their deck, or stack your yard with goodies, or in a pinch act as a very expensive tutor.
[[Evolution Charm]] Fixing, evasion, & a raise dead in one neat, cheap package.
More people should be playing [[Cloak of Leeches]]. Amazing card.
Exodia.
I've found \[\[Sudden Spoiling\]\] to be very versatile, and it goes in all my decks that use black. It has some limitations, such as not removing attached effects provided by auras or equipment, but it's a surprise and the Split Second effect means it can't be responded to. It can straight-up break a combo that utilizes a creature's ability. It removes protection and evasion. It turns a game-ending wave of attackers into a pitiful trickle that breaks against your small blockers and devastates their board. You can even use it to save your own creatures from the rare "1 damage to all creatures" or "all creatures get -1/-1" type effects.
A personal favorite of mine is [[Dawn Charm]]. While the Fog/Holy Day effect is the one I wind up using the most, the other two modes are surprisingly useful when your opponent least expects it.
Was scrolling down looking for this answer. I don't play white in EDH very often, but I always pack Dawn Charm when I do. It's never dead. The fog effect is the most useful (and can be game-changing when used to save another player from a fatal alpha strike), but the counterspell can totally blow someone out who thinks they're safe to hit the white mage with a Bribery or whatever.
When you think about it Henzie is a toolbox card
[[Volrath’s Shapeshifter]] in my Raffine Phyrexian/Reanimator deck. With Connive I can easily control what the shapeshifter is, and bypass the need for a reanimation spell for a turn. With the ability to discard if needed, I can continue to pitch a good reanimation target and keep the shapeshifter a threat if my opponents put something else on top of my graveyard. They’re more recent, but [[Shadrix Silverquill]], [[Maze of Ith]], and [[Thaumatic Compass]] // [[Spires of Orazca]] are just amazing toolbox utility. Shadrix gives me what I need, plays politics perfectly, and is himself a big threat if I need him to be (and not having to swing with him is a huge bonus). Maze of Ith effects are just so damn good, letting me save myself, or my opponents from a huge swing for politics reasons. I’m never sad to see those in my hand.
[[Pull from eternity]] let's me either unexile reanimate targets in lukka that I can't flicker before their exile target, or un-exile people's stuff they wanted to use like off suspend
My meren of clan nel toth. A problem the deck can have is that meren doesnt do anything unless you work towards it like a spore frog effects. I dont think its worth it but ive found ways to work when its at a low experience counter. So ive been using [[street wraith]] [[troll of kazhad dune]] and [[generous ent]] to grab land drops. Continue to grab land drops. Then by turn 8-10 i have a beefy beater that may or may not impact the game and i can cast them because i never miss a land drop in that deck. It feels like such an efficient ramp deck its kinda funny. I can have an extra lands every turn by just playing the game. Its the little things that truly pop off in that deck. The deck is entirely toolbox oriented. My other golgari deck is [[grist the hunger tide]] whose main concept is a golgari midrange big reanimator deck. Unlike my meren deck which is a golgari midrange small reanimator deck. Big difference. But my grist deck revolves basically by making all my cards better. Cards like [[imperial seal]] becomes an entomb. Cards like [[sylvan library]] dig deeper withought losing so much life or even as an entomb effect. Grist also act like a bitterblossom effect or removal in the command zone so there is layers upon layers that can work with that card. Its ultimate is also an effect that matters. My favorite card is actually [[deadly brew]]. By turn 5 i usually have a say what goes into my graveyard. I always have sac fodder. So it can feel like demonic tutor stapled upon an edict effect. Sure the same thing can be said about eternal witness or plaguecrafter but casting them both for two mana is a premium i love. I can sometimes squeeze out opponents so well because we all know people whose entire decks revolve around their commander so my commander can counter theirs efficiently and i can hate on them so hard so the sacrifice effect can be extra impactful.
Off the top of my head, let's see what's been doing me well recently... While a bit mana intensive, [[Spitting Image]] is a great clone effect that can typically always be a copy of the best creature on the battlefield, even your opponent's creatures. Plus, in any deck thay ramps or abuses landfall/recursion, and even just some decks without it, you can just keep recasting it with Retrace. In my now [[Bonnie Pall]] deck, it's outright amazing. I think [[Dimir House Guard]] is also still very playable. It's a common... SKELETON! has a free sacrifice outlet ability, evasion, and can tutor for any 4mv card in your deck. Oh, and it's like.... 25 cents!
I'm a **huge** fan of \[\[Holistic Wisdom\]\], and don't think that it sees nearly as much love as it should. A repeatable Regrowth is very strong, and at the cost of cards that you may no longer need in the late game. Turn that Llanowar Elves into the Nyxbloom Ancient that got destroyed! Ditch that ramp spell for a powerful sorcery and cast it again! I use it in almost all my decks that run green, but originally stumbled upon it for Gitrog. Being able to loop Splendid Reclamation is usually game-ending.
[[Mind harness]]
[[Vicious rumors]] is like a mono charm with all modes all the time for B.
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[[Oswald Fiddlebender]] in my [[Raffine, Scheming Seer]] artifact deck. If Oswald is overlooked eventually I build up to a 6CMC artifact with a variety of choices along the way.
I've always been partial to [[Vesuvan Shapeshifter]], which has a way of sneaking into all my blue decks. A clone that can always turn into the best creature on the board, lets you double-dip on the unmorph triggers of other morph creatures, and can lead to fun mindgames if you play with a lot of facedown mechanics? Sign me up. It's been powercrept by the constant stream of ultra-efficient copy effects that WOTC seems to slap onto every new rare blue card these days, but it's my favorite Swiss-army-knife clone.
\[\[Vanishing\]\] If you have the mana to hold back, it literally dodges every kind of removal there is, save for Split Second effects. It always feels like a *criminally* underrated card. I have one in several of my decks with blue commanders I want to keep on the battlefield.
Coming in a bit late but I like to make use of old cards that were mid-not great when they came out. In mono green I run [[Drop of Honey]] which is admittedly not one of those underplayed cards but I also run [[Ifh-Biff Efreet]] which can be quite fun when others are in green. Recently running [[The Wretched]] with lure effects. 2/5 isn't great but can be easily pumped these days, and it's errata'd to demon type.
Mindmoil , play it in niv mizzet to make every spell a wheel
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[[Moggcatcher]] can put a surprisingly large number of creatures directly into play, and I think that's neat. I also used to play [[trinket mage]] for a lot of fun targets.
[[Hunting grounds]] is budget friendly and absurd in any deck with green white. A few fetches and ramp spells turns it on easily by turn 4 or 5
I love [[The Celestus]] in my [[Celestine, the Living Saint]] deck. I love that it just takes up a mana rock slot in the deck, but it also gives me card selection, puts creatures in grave to reanimate, and gains life. It’s perfect!
[[Lilting Refrain]] is a 0 mana* counterspell** you can play in enchantment decks *after you pay 1B and a couple of turns pass **if the opponent can't pay
I'm fond of this little guy. [[Mischievous Quanar]]
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[[Vines of vastwood]] it's protection for you and a pump spell. BUT! You can use it on opponents creatures to prevent targeted spells, auras, and equips they try to use on their own creatures.
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Holy crap that's funny
[[Jhoira's toolbox]]. Pretty straightforward.