Altar of Bone

Sorcery

As an additional cost to play Altar of Bone, sacrifice a creature.

Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

DreadKhan on Swing Big Butts with Funny Names

9 months ago

Not sure if they're 'too slow' for how you play, but I really like land ramp cards, stuff like Myriad Landscape, Blighted Woodland, and if you have access to Forests and Plains Krosan Verge. Any of these offers some fixing, and Verge can actually find non-Basic lands, like Murmuring Bosk for example. These are truly impressive in a Sun Titan using deck. Archangel of Strife might fit in here, your deck has lots of 'butts matter' stuff, and the Archangel effectively buffs both your power and toughness, while boosting only 1 for each opponent. Not sure if you really need another tutor, but Eladamri's Call and Altar of Bone exist. If you want a so-so anthem there is Spidersilk Armor, and I generally think a deck like this should run 1 or more of Tragic Arrogance, Farewell, or Austere Command. They're clunky, but they also can clear out large numbers of other problematic permanents for you.

Neat deck idea, thanks for posting!

TheHamster on

1 year ago

Another new set with no new elephants, but that's ok. small update took out Tuskguard Captain for Altar of Bone because the captain, may he work with elephants is not an elephant and the altar as seen in the photo is clearly made of elephant bone.

Andramalech on Balaam__

1 year ago

Balaam__ after much deliberation, I think I've found some cards I would want to "collaborate" in the way you described:

1. Ghost Ship
2. Brimstone Dragon
3. Drudge Spell
4. Didgeridoo
5. Mystic Decree
6. Soraya the Falconer
7. Willow Priestess
8. Altar of Bone
9. Chaos Moon
10. Curse of Marit Lage
11. Elemental Augury
12. Forgotten Lore
13. Game of Chaos
14. Illusionary Terrain
15. Kjeldoran Escort

It was so hard to wittle my list down to only 15 choices but I wanted to pick stuff from a large timespan; I know how you favor older, more flavorful cards!

Throughout the list you'll see things from throughout Homelands, Ice Age, and the like.

Admittedly some were not as strong picks as others in terms of building, but each one I chose for a bit of flavor, and a bit of "hey this card never gets love".

I hope these seem like appealing choices because I think each has a little "fringe-casual-upset-win-at-the-kitchen-table" kinda vibe.

I appreciate the opportunity again and can't wait to hear back from you!

Snacrifice on [PRIMER]Parley Girl cEDH

3 years ago

Altar of Bone is a second, sorcery-speed Eladamri's Call that costs you a creature. Might be useful.

bushido_man96 on Kathril Voltron Reanimator

3 years ago

You make a compelling argument for Altar of Bone, and it's a good card. The only downside to it is that I'm limited to whatever I have in play to sacrifice, which not might not be enough to benefit casting Kathril. With Final Parting (and Jarad's Orders, when I get another copy) I get to search my library for one of the keyword-heavy-laden creatures, like Zetalpa, to pitch right away. That said, I do think it's a good card for the deck.

I do like Triumph of the Hordes, but don't have any of my own yet. I was able to flesh this out with what I had in my collection. It could literally slide into any aggressive green deck as a finisher, and is a great card.

Thanks for taking a look!

dariddlemaster on Kathril Voltron Reanimator

3 years ago

This deck looks super fun! A couple of things I noticed:

Tutors. Personally I think I would switch Final Parting out with Altar of Bone. It's a very similar effect, but it only costs you two mana while still letting you put something in the graveyard!

The downside to this card is that it only searches for creatures, and I guess you do already have Survival of the Fittest so yeah.

Additionally, throwing in a Triumph of the Hordes might make for a nice alternate win con, say if something happens to your commander and you need to swing with other things.

Good work on this!

Goretast on Karametra, God of Enchantments

4 years ago

Yup, my bad. I run Natural Order in my karametra deck to use on Protean Hulk. Some other decent sac cards are Greater Good, High Market, and Altar of Bone.

gergonthedestroyer on Trostani selesnyas chonkers

4 years ago

I have a Bant version Tokensanity that focuses more on infinite combos and uses smaller tokens. Feel free to look and use any ideas that fit your game plan. Tutors like Worldly Tutor , Eladamri's Call , and Altar of Bone seem good here.