Aerie Ouphes

Creature — Ouphe

Sacrifice Aerie Ouphes: Aerie Ouphes deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying.

Persist (When this creature is put into a graveyard from play, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to play under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

DreadKhan on Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

6 months ago

I've always loved Mazirek, such a cool Commander! I think Make an Example would probably do some work in here, and it's little brother Do or Die would probably be decent as well.

Mitotic Slime is a good source of creatures-from-a-creature, the only ones that can compete are cards like Underworld Hermit, which makes an army of squirrels equal to your devotion to Black. There are things like Grismold, the Dreadsower that can make a lot of bodies (it gives them to opponents as well, but if you can force them to sacrifice those tokens both Grismold and Mazirek go nuts), Grismold even offers a backup Commander of a sort for long games when you might not be able to recast Mazirek.

I'm not sure if you're interested in reanimation effects, but Hell's Caretaker is a free sac each upkeep, and he can bring back your best creature in exchange for your worst. Coffin Queen can reanimate from any graveyard, but it's especially useful to reanimate your opponent's stuff because it gets exiled when it dies. If you want a repeatable reanimation effect there is Demon of Dark Schemes, this offers a small wipe and it works very well with Pitiless Plunderer and something like the aforementioned Mitotic Slime.

Since your Commander cares about sacrifice effects, have you thought about using Diligent Farmhand and Dawntreader Elk in here? There is also Burnished Hart, all of these ramp you and can trigger Mazirek if he's out. There is also Ordeal of Nylea that would work with Mazirek later game (or anything that can get in early). I'm not sure if it comes up very much, but I put Forsworn Paladin in my Golgari deck because it had Haakon, but what I noticed was that it's also a useful way to ramp in Black, which importantly can fix your mana (to let you cast Green ramp), it's very low to the ground and can generate triggers for Mazirek or help recast Mazirek later.

Have you ever tried Sadistic Hypnotist? This offers a free and infinite sac outlet, and the effect can be pretty strong if you've got a bunch of creatures to burn through. Another really versatile sac outlet is Infernal Tribute, this lets you sacrifice any non-token permanent (it has to be an actual card) to draw a new card. I'm not 100% on it being a fit, but Savra, Queen of the Golgari is a pretty impressive payoff if you regularly have creatures being sacrificed, it can put a lot of pressure on an opponent's board.

It can get very out of hand with Mazirek, but I feel like I have to mention One with the Kami, it's very good on Mazirek with a free sac outlet. Similarly any creatures you can find with Persist will work very well with Mazirek and sac outlets, though again, this might be more pushed than what you're looking for. I took a gander and Aerie Ouphes might be interesting, and there is always Woodfall Primus, these might help support your Puppeteers!

If you ever want to throw in something pricier, I think Old Gnawbone would be absolutely hilarious in here.

lagotripha on Chatterstorm MK2

2 years ago

If you're already doing first day, 1 of Aerie Ouphes and Impact Tremors offers a second combo line which plays nice with the first.

lagotripha on First day of persisting

2 years ago

More persist creatures, more Ashnod's Altar. Aerie Ouphes is notable for being its own sac outlet.

Skirk Drill Sergeant and some of the older goblins are interesting payoffs for the combo/sac outlets, but that 'goblins only' clause means you can't dip into different persist creatures.

There are some undying combos out there IIRC that looked similar, and I'd even consider some of the Presence of Gond combos due to pieces shared between the strategies.

multimedia on Win Con for Gruul Enchantress?

2 years ago

Hey, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker has already been mentioned and he's a good source of combos because if not comboing then he can copy Enchantresses especially Eidolon of Blossoms . Purphoros, God of the Forge or Impact Tremors can be win conditions with Kiki combos.

Dockside Extortionist + Temur Sabertooth + Purphoros, God of the Forge or Impact Tremors . Dockside + Sabertooth makes infinite mana with treasures by repeatedly bouncing and casting Dockside which makes Purphoros or Tremors the win condition. Eidolon of Blossoms can draw into your library until you find Purphoros or Tremors since after you make infinite mana with Dockside then repeatedly bounce Blossoms with Sabertooth.

A budget combo: Rhythm of the Wild + Aerie Ouphes + Impact Tremors since Aerie can sac itself then it can repeatedly return to the battlefield with persist because of +1/+1 counter from Wild.

HarleyQuinn22 on Mazirek, Kraul Death METAL Priest

3 years ago

I have Aerie Ouphes because it helps me get rid of flyer blockers, and if I have the right cards out, I can do it until the blockers are dead and then one-shot someone with Mazi! :)

RNR_Gaming on [Pedh] - Dina wooden aristocrat

3 years ago

joelwong81 - you are 100% correct - defined an oversite on my part. Aerie Ouphes and Rendclaw Trow still work just fine. Transmute is wonderful in pedh deck even though it can only be for specific cmcs.

Also, it greatly depends on your meta. Personally, I just prefer rocks. I'd much rather someone blow their removal on a rock than a combo piece. I'd say it comes down to preference but there's definitely been a spike in my win rate since I changed to rocks.

Kwhill on Mazirek, Kraul Death METAL Priest

3 years ago

Have you considered swapping Aerie Ouphes for something like Woodfall Primus (blow up everyone's lands) or Putrid Goblin (cheapest persist creature in your colors)?

Flurbleflurb on Hunting Party- Renata Pauper EDH

3 years ago

Hey, thanks for the suggestions SirQuixano! I totally missed that Ivy Lane Denizen puts the counter on any target creature, not just the creature that entered the battlefield, with Aerie Ouphes it'd be a wincon in its own right!

I did test with Bramble Elemental a while back, but noticed there weren't really enough Auras in the deck to get much value out of it. I'll give it another try with the new Auras and see how it works out.

Spider Umbra and Snake Umbra are great suggestions- can't believe I didn't think of putting them in!