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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
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Arena

Land

, : Tap target creature you control and target creature of an opponent's choice he or she controls. Those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Krugz on The Inevitable Annihilation

1 month ago

Profet93 I know I said my initial plans is to keep this deck on a certain budget but I haven't been following that since then. The only restriction I have now is the mana positive rocks that are banned from the tier that I'm playing this on. So, yeah Cavern of Souls is the definitely a land I need to include.

I don't know about High Market but Miren, the Moaning Well sure is a handy one-- I'll add it to my buylist. Also, I'm considering Arena. What do you think about it?

mickalopagus on Phyrexian Fight Club

11 months ago

I think you need to get rid of the Broken Bond cards and replace with more fight. also missing Scheming Symmetry as the easiest tutor. I like Culling the Weak a little better than D ritual, as you can put a 1 mana scrub like an elf or Ulvenwald Tracker out there and sac him to get your big dude, but ritual is good too..

I mean really, why not just throw a couple old skool Lure in there, Alluring Scent, Revenge of the Hunted, Shinen of Life's Roar, etc..

Arena, though I think it is generally a bad card might actually be decent considering your build is around PO.

Also you maybne think of one card draw engine. Like Phyrexian Arena, etc..

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM!

1 year ago

This is the best I could come up with. Bring to Light is a little awkward game 1, but in games 2/3 when I can find a silver bullet of some kind, it is much better. I wish it worked with Mosswort Bridge, but we can't have everything. I ended up cutting Karn's Sylex + Chalice of the Void to make space for the "Bring to Light silver bullets" as they were my two weakest links in the sideboard.

Surprisingly, with Threats Undetected I've found myself going for:

Elvish Reclaimer
Omnath, Locus of Creation
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
Primeval Titan

instead of Cultivator Colossus in a lot of situations, since Elvish Reclaimer almost always manafixes me into Omnath, Locus of Creation with something like Boros Garrison when I know they are going to avoid Dryad of the Ilysian Grove and Primeval Titan.

Honestly, I think I am trying to accomplish too much and should pick Bring to Light or Threats Undetected to run, but I like the idea of both and they have decent enough synergy with the other cards I need to include.

I did come up with some other "options" for Bring to Light, the best of which is The Gitrog Monster, followed closely by Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  Flip (Phyrexian Obliterator + Arena or sneaky tech like Sower of Temptation being honorable mentions).

I'm a little lighter on basic Forests than I would like, so I'll probably end up cutting something to add them back in a little, as 2 is the bare minimum I am comfortable with.

I think Omnath, Locus of Creation with Threats Undetected or The Gitrog Monster with Bring to Light is the correct answer, but I'm going to keep trying to squeeze in both paths for now.

SufferFromEDHD on Masako EDH

1 year ago

Some land tech for the strategy Arena and Holdout Settlement

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM!

2 years ago

So Witherbloom Command just didn't feel right, it didn't do enough mainboard, and just couldn't fit side. I also ended up cutting Arena because it felt win-more and I ended up siding it out in a lot of matches. Instead of adding back Lotus Cobra, I went with another fetch, because I found they did a whole lot for me actually.

I still think Arena is a solid choice, it just needs a decent amount of support and doesn't do anything on its own. It's fairly comparable to Mosswort Bridge, but if I had to pick one (ignoring support cards) I'd definitely go with Mosswort Bridge because it does so much more for me.

I could see Arena as a sideboard card if I ran Lotus Field as that was enough support for it.

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM!

2 years ago

Yeah, I've seen that card and thought it could possibly fit in here when I added The Gitrog Monster, I'm just not sure where I could possibly fit it. I compare it to Abrupt Decay which is better because it's wider, and an instant (actually really important).

Closest things I could see myself cutting on the side is Anguished Unmaking or Doomskar (maybe even Necromentia) as those are my most unused sideboard cards. I can't see it getting a mainboard slot, as I already struggled to fit in Arena. I'm not sure if it is better than any of those options. I don't see it being particularly useful against any specific decks either, so the way I would use it would be more of a maindeck flexslot probably, which I personally don't see the space for.

My biggest concern with it is that I can't really target myself with the first ability reliably, because if I mill at least one vital land it could potentially backfire if I don't have the land drop left for the turn. On that same note, it can be used as a way to dig for lands, which adds some potential lines of play.

I'll consider it and try to see if I can make room somewhere.

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM!

2 years ago

Well I liked Arena enough to add it for now, with Lotus Field and Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth as support for it (one to make it fetchable removal, and the other to cover its liability of not tapping for mana on its own).

It's made my land slots super tight though, so any further swaps will probably lead to it getting cut.

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