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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Arena | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Historic | 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 |
Rules Q&A
Brain Weevil
Creature — Insect
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a colour with it.)
Sacrifice Brain Weevil: Target player discards two cards. Activate this ability only at any time you could cast a sorcery.
DemonDragonJ on Why Are So Many Recent …
4 months ago
wallisface, I agree with Brain Weevil, but I fail to see why they other abilities would be too powerful if usable as instants.
wallisface on Why Are So Many Recent …
4 months ago
DemonDragonJ the list of abilities that are too powerful to activate at instant speed is going to be pretty broad, and for the most part I agree with most of the “sorcery only” abilities Wotc have made - especially as you have to take into context the formats they’ll be used in (including sealed).
I’m not going to name any kind of exhaustive list as I feel like this conversation is going nowhere quickly, but i’ll list a few good/distinct examples I can think of that would be completely miserable at instant speed:
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the Map tokens.
Westhane on
Martin Sanson, Worm that Walks
2 years ago
Suggestions:
Plus: Kraul Harpooner , Moldgraf Monstrosity , Loam Larva , It of the Horrid Swarm , Hornet Nest , Brain Maggot , Brain Weevil , Nameless Inversion , Bone Harvest , Footbottom Feast , Haunted Crossroads , The Chain Veil , Deadbridge Goliath , Distended Mindbender , Graveshifter , Masked Vandal , Nullmage Advocate , Gigapede , Broodhatch Nantuko
Less: Boneyard Wurm , Golgari Grave-Troll , Lotleth Giant , Stitcher's Supplier , Glowspore Shaman , Mycoloth , Skirge Familiar , Birthing Pod , Forever Young , Vigor Mortis
And the reason Eternal is showing as illegal is cause' all of the MH2 stuff isn't out yet.
My reasoning is less efficient cards that happen to be insects make for more Grist, and if you've got a certain insect density, you don't really need other dredge sources.
Neotrup on Brain Weevil ability rules?
5 years ago
Activating Brain Weevil's ability will sacrifice it so it won't be around to sacrifice to Westvale Abbey Flip. If you sacrifice it to Westvale Abbey Flip it won't be around to sacrifice to it's own ability.
You never trigger Brain Weevil. It has an activated ability which requires paying a cost (denoted by the use of a colon). A triggered ability starts with At, When, or Whenever. If it were a triggered ability, such as the one Black Cat has, it would indeed trigger when it died being sacrificed for another ability.
RenarenTheWizard on Brain Weevil ability rules?
5 years ago
So I'm making a demon/sacrifice deck and I ran into something about Brain Weevil and Westvale Abbey Flip. A lot of the cards that I see usually have you pay/tap the creature to sacrifice it. This one just says "Sacrifice Brain Weevil", making me think that Westvale Abbey could trigger Brain Weevil's ability. Am I wrong or right?
Force_of_Willb on
Shirei, Deaths Command
6 years ago
Suggestions:
For Card Draw: Gate to the Afterlife, Carnage Altar, Scarecrone, and/or Altar's Reap better than Sign in Blood
For Land Ramp: Wild-Field Scarecrow, Pilgrim's Eye
Graveyard Hate: Heap Doll, Martyr of Bones
additional Life Drain Effects: Death Cultist, Gnawing Zombie, Krovikan Horror
Discard package: Augur of Skulls, Brain Weevil, Nezumi Bone-Reader
Hell's Caretaker over Apprentice Necromancer
Token Generators: Triskelavus, Pentavus, Thopter Squadron
1 v 1 game suggestion for unfun Hope of Ghirapur
Suggestions to remove: Necropede, corrosive mentor, plague myr, plagued rusalla, tree of perdition, sign in blood, death denied, Jar of Eyeballs,
PickleNutz on
6 years ago
Hey, I have a few suggestions/ comments.
Why do you use 24 lands in a deck that has such a low CMC? You're chancing some uneventful draws with so many lands. 19 should be about perfect, it gives you room for more spell play.
Ratchet Bomb is also kind of useless If your deck is running properly, one boardwipe in the main board like Damnation would be fine. Grafdigger's Cage would be a good option for the sideboard.
Necrogen Mists is also a double-edged sword, but since you aren't running Liliana of the Veil it's hard to find a substitution. Since your deck is reliant on you playing spells though. Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Flip might be a better option on a budget.
Thoughtseize over Inquisition of Kozilek might have a better effect for you too.
Some other interesting cards
PickleNutz on
6 years ago
This deck has synergy issues, but I have a few suggestions since you haven't built it yet.
Blue cards
Black cards
White cards
Those are some pretty solid staples to those colors for modern, some are a bit more costly than the others.
As far as creatures
Black
White
Blue
- Archeomancer
- Elite Arcanist
- Venser, Shaper Savant
- Snapcaster Mage(not budget friendly)
Some multi-color cards
These cards will do significantly well for you in the control department, and almost all of them are pretty affordable besides Snapcaster Mage and Thoughtseize.
It may also benefit you to take out a few lands and use a few more creatures. This deck archetype on a budget has a hard time working well.
You can also try this Planeswalker out, it's a pretty useful one.
It's 3 cost to play and can be a draw card outlet for you, it's not going to replace a Liliana of the Veil though.