Consuming Vortex

Instant — Arcane

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Splice onto Arcane (3)(Blue) (As you play an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

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
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

KongMing on $10 Controlled Burn, Arcane Edition! [UltraBudget]

2 years ago

Thanks for your interest ---Seth---, glad you like the deck.

To be honest, I don't think I've ever really attacked with The Unspeakable. He's more there for flavor. I've even considered cutting him before.

Even with that, Overblaze's 4 CMC cost makes it a very steep play. It's also only doubling the damage for one of your permanents, and only on the turn the card is played, and after you spend the mana. Not very cost effective, even with splice.

If you want a souped-up doubler that is still $ cheap, consider cutting The Unspeakable, the two Gelectrodes, and the two Goblin Electromancers for one more copy of Guttersnipe and four Quest for Pure Flames. The Quests can lead to an incredibly lethal Turn 5-6.

Gaze of Adamaro has a high CMC cost and is very situational. Some other good sideboard options might be Blind with Anger, Consuming Vortex, Eye of Nowhere, or Ideas Unbound.

WacoCatbox on Ghost Dad - (Budget Friendly)

7 years ago

I played a similar version a while back. I found I needed some cards to slow the opponent down. I would highly suggest pulling the reach through mists for Ethereal Haze and Consuming Vortex. I main 2 of each and side in another 2 haze's against aggro. The aura lineup is a bit different as well. Eldrazi Conscription wins games for sure. Feel free to check it out and plagiarize: Hot Traft on Traft Action

NastyJames on Shadow Warriors

9 years ago

Maybe try some Consuming Vortex to get the ninjas back into your hand to abuse ninjutsu as much as possible. Snap would work too, but doesn't have the spice ability that would go so well off of Veil of Secrecy.