Dimir Signet

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Discussion (51)

achilles777 on Sygg copy

3 weeks ago

I think for sure you need to be running some counter magic. There is more efficient removal such as Pongify or Rapid Hybridization . I’m not certain what the win condition is but it seems like it’s kind of voltron-esk so maybe consider running Notion Thief to slow everyone down while you assemble.id recommend adding Dimir Signet and Talisman of Dominance for additional ramp. 6 planeswalkers is quite a lot. Triton Shorestalker is quite out of place. Maybe add in Thassa, God of the Sea

SideBae on 5 Color Dragons

3 weeks ago

The easiest way to speed up a deck is by removing ETB tapped lands. I highly suggest running Command Tower , as well as City of Brass and Mana Confluence . If you have access to it, Cavern of Souls is a good option for any tribal deck, but Unclaimed Territory is another good option. Forbidden Orchard , Exotic Orchard and Reflecting Pool are more interesting lands to consider.

Green dorks and two-mana rocks are also very good. I see you're running Birds of Paradise , but Elves of Deep Shadow , Llanowar Elves , Rampant Growth , Fyndhorn Elves , Orcish Lumberjack and (if you can) Noble Hierarch are also great additions. If you want to invest relatively heavily into your dork-base, Bloom Tender is REALLY good in chromatic decks. If you find yourself facing a lot of blue decks, Carpet of Flowers is a good idea, too; Joiner Adept acts as a second Chromatic Lantern .

Fellwar Stone is good. The talisman cycles ( Talisman of Dominance , Talisman of Indulgence , Talisman of Impulse , Talisman of Unity , Talisman of Progress and the new five from Modern Horizons) are all good; I suggest that most, if not all, of your mana rocks should be two or less mana. Using a land like Ancient Tomb also helps cast these turn one. Signets like Dimir Signet or Boros Signet are good too, although I think most of the time the talismans will be better. Gilded Lotus is a good exception to my CMC rule in a deck with as many fat creatures as yours.

I don't think Nissa's Renewal is very good; generally, ramp is good in the early game, but not so good by the time you reach six mana. Nature's Lore , Rampant Growth , Farseek , Cultivate and/or Kodama's Reach are all powerful ramp spells you can fire off early. I think the first three are better, if only because they can fetch non-basics like Breeding Pool or Godless Shrine . I'm not as much a fan of the other two, but experience will show if they're worth including. Finally, I think Skyshroud Claim is better than Explosive Vegetation .

If you're going in the Quicksilver Amulet direction, Elvish Piper and Thran Temporal Gateway are good ideas as well.

If at all possible, tutors are good. Demonic Tutor is the gold standard here, but Diabolic Tutor is a good, more affordable alternative. Vampiric Tutor , Worldly Tutor , Sylvan Tutor , Dark Petition and Gamble are all good cards as well, though their affordability varies tremendously.

Red comes with good counter counter magic options. Price of Glory is a good card if you want to discourage opponents playing on your turn, and Pyroblast is a good way to stop Counterspell and friends. Cards like Pyrostatic Pillar can punish decks with lower curves.

Card draw is at a premium in EDH. Staff of Nin is easy on the colored mana and gives you an extra draw each turn, and Phyrexian Arena is another good option. Harmonize , Concentrate and Painful Truths are good draw-threes.

Because your deck is running a LOT of fatties (and the best fatties, at that, 'cause they're dragons), you may find cards like Lurking Predators is be pretty good; Descendants' Path is a similar card. Depending on how fatty-heavy your meta is, Eureka effects like Show and Tell may be good. Sneak Attack is good if you want to use one-time face-smacks like Nicol Bolas or your already included Oros, the Avenger .

If you DON'T want to run dorks, and opt for artifact ramp instead, depending on your meta you may have a good time with cards like Porphyry Nodes or Night of Souls' Betrayal . Effects like Pyroclasm and Volcanic Fallout can also wipe out opponent's boards if they choose to go wide.

I think EDH decks tend to need a lot of mass removal. By Force is a favorite of mine, and Toxic Deluge , Wrath of God , Ritual of Soot and Supreme Verdict are all great if you have access to them. Back to Nature is good if you choose to cut down on the number of enchantments you're running, but Nature's Claim or Krosan Grip are also pretty good options.

If your curve is really high, things like Timesifter can be pretty brutal.

I'm not super sure Niv-Mizzet Reborn is very good. I don't know if you'll be getting very much card advantage, because you have a lot of cards that are more or less than exactly two colors. I think a card-draw spell like the ones I mentioned above would be better, like Treasure Cruise or Dig Through Time .

Good luck with deck building my man!

Dezan on Cubo do Dezan

3 weeks ago

24/05/2019

• -1 Barren Moor +1 Azorius Signet
• -1 Lonely Sandbar +1 Dimir Signet
• -1 Tranquil Thicket +1 Gruul Signet
• -1 Forgotten Cave +1 Simic Signet
• -1 Secluded Steppe +1 Boros Signet
• -1 Azorius Chancery +1 Coalition Relic
• -1 Boros Garrison +1 Thran Dynamo
• -1 Dimir Aqueduct +1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• -1 Golgari Rot Farm +1 Wandering Fumarole
• -1 Gruul Turf +1 Raging Ravine
• -1 Izzet Boilerworks +1 Celestial Colonnade
• -1 Orzhov Basilica +1 Creeping Tar Pit
• -1 Rakdos Carnarium +1 Hissing Quagmire
• -1 Selesnya Sanctuary +1 Pentad Prism
• -1 Simic Growth Chamber +1 Riftwing Cloudskate
• -1 Mantis Rider +1 Duplicant
• -1 Psychatog +1 Thought Erasure
• -1 Drooling Groodion +1 Vraska, Relic Seeker
• -1 Ancestral Mask +1 Inferno Titan
• -1 Twisted Abomination +1 Exhume
• -1 Sengir Vampire +1 Animate Dead
• -1 Ravenous Rats +1 Unburial Rites
• -1 Spirit Mantle +1 Angel of Invention
• -1 Brood Butcher +1 Cloudgoat Ranger
• -1 Elephant Guide +1 Verdurous Gearhulk
• -1 Gladecover Scout +1 Terastodon

SideBae on Vial Smashes Affinity

3 weeks ago

So my first thought is that you should run a LOT of instants, rather than just 2. Vial smasher can trigger on ANY turn, not just one, so running something like Dig Through Time would be... really good. Generally, you'll want these instants to draw you more cards, so Fact or Fiction and Glimmer of Genius are also fine choices. Cards with alternate casting costs also tend to have high CMCs: for example, Force of Will is a Lava Axe in this deck, as well as a counter spell. While Force may be a pricey card, other cards from the same cycle aren't. Contagion is well under a dollar, and can potentially also 2-for-1 with opposing creatures, while Pyrokinesis is even stronger. Misdirection and Commandeer also come to mind. If you want to get REAL spicy, Mind's Dilation is another good way to cast spell on your opponents' turns, but bear in mind this card tends to be killed pretty fast.

Flash creatures like Torrential Gearhulk also seem like pretty good ideas.

I suggest replacing Vedalken Orrery with Leyline of Anticipation . It's (very) slightly harder to remove an enchantment than an artifact, but more importantly if Leyline is in your opening 7, you avoid having to pay its cost. I can see a world where you play both, though.

I see you're running a few mana rocks, but I advise more. Two mana rocks tend to be far superior to 3 mana rocks, so Dimir Signet and Rakdos Signet are likely better than Thought Vessel or Worn Powerstone . Talisman of Dominance and Talisman of Indulgence also come to mind. Being in green means you have access to a whole host of dorks, like Llanowar Elves , Fyndhorn Elves , Arbor Elf , and Elves of Deep Shadow . These 1-drops may not look like much, but being able to accelerate you into quickly casting your general and then the following high-cost cards is a good thing. Orcish Lumberjack is a personal favorite in any red-green deck. However, if you choose to go via artifact ramp and not dork-ramp, this opens you to using effects like Pyroclasm or Volcanic Fallout to keep opponents' creatures in check. Ancient Tomb tends to be REAL nice for powering out turn-one 2-drop rocks. Depending on how blue-heavy your meta is, Carpet of Flowers can range from good to a straight-up powerhouse. If you take this part of my advice, your curve will drop significantly and you will be able to run 32-ish lands with no real problem.

You'll also probably want a good card-draw package, if you're planning to cast a lot of spells. Azra Oddsmaker is a goldmine if you have an open opponent to attack, and black has access to enchantments like Phyrexian Arena . Night's Whisper and Ambition's Cost are also good, and work well with Kydele.

Delve spells will act sort of like X-cost spells, but be easier to cast late-game and harder early-game. Empty the Pits may be interesting, but you should also consider Logic Knot , Treasure Cruise and Tasigur, the Golden Fang . Tasigur will give you an out later in the game for excess mana, and will allow you a level of recursion. In order to make these cards powerful, you need cards in the graveyard. For that, I recommend Faithless Looting , Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip and Dack Fayden . While these last two are pricier cards, I think looting is the best here of the three, as you can cast it turn one to filter out a hand that may be too heavy in lands or spells. The flashback is also very significant. Jace is a powerful card in that he allows more card filtration on a permanent, and allows you to snap back a spell if you want. Dack Fayden is a boss in EDH, where stealing a Sol Ring is very common. So even if you don't need to filter your draws, stealing a rock should be an option about 98% of the time.

Speaking of card filtration, Ponder , Preordain and Brainstorm are all potent cards in any blue deck. While they may not work particularly well with Vial Smasher, they all work rather well with Kydele while also giving you a cantrip to cast turn 1. A lot of times, these are the cards that make a boarderline-keep hand into a keep hand for me, as they are extremely good at finding lands and/or spells as need be.

With Kydele, cards like Windfall , Wheel of Fortune and Winds of Change all become rituals in addition to their usual effects. Running Notion Thief in conjunction with these 'everyone draws' spells is... good. Similarly, targeting an opponent with Dack Fayden 's +1 while Notion Thief is on the field is a pretty good way to tip the card-advantage scales in your favor.

I like Whip of Erebos . You should consider running some Entomb or Buried Alive effects with it, as that would allow you to get some one-shots in with powerful creatures when hitting an opponent or just when entering the battlefield. Nicol Bolas and Massacre Wurm comes to mind.

Good luck with deck building!

DrkNinja on All Hail the Brood

4 weeks ago

Also you really need to get mana rocks in your life...

• Sol Ring
• Mana Crypt
• Dimir Signet
• Golgari Signet

Your high CMC and low ramp makes for a problem. With these it puts you at 5 mana rocks, and you have some ways to fetch lands, which will make the deck feel a lot faster.

SideBae on Zombo's and God's

4 weeks ago

As a general rule, adding things to slow your opponents down is a good way to start taking a deck to the next level. Idk how much search your meta has, but Ashiok, Dream Render works wonders against enemy tutors while also providing a level of graveyard hate.

Liliana, Death's Majesty is well under $10 and should be strongly considered for any zombie deck.

Unholy Grotto is a utility land you might be interested in, as it provides some recursion for your zombies.

You also seem to be relatively light on card draw or selection. Ponder , Preordain and Brainstorm are all good cantrips, especially if conjoined with shuffle effects like Evolving Wilds or Terramorphic Expanse . Personally, I like Night's Whisper and Chart a Course as two-for-ones, but I see you're running Phyrexian Arena ; that is a solid permanent which produces card advantage. Graveborn Muse is also a similar consideration, although the life loss may need to be countered by a Whip of Erebos or the like. In a similar vein, something like Slate of Ancestry may work well with the token-producers you have; Curse of Disturbance seems a good consideration to add to the token-package. It's worth noting that a large majority of EDH games are decided by card advantage.

I'm not sure how well Crypt of Agadeem works; I've had poor results with it. You may want to just run a basic land instead.

The Undermine slot is likely better served with Sinister Sabotage . In a format with 40 life, making an opponent lose 3 life is equivalent to draining them 1.5 life in a 20 life format. In all likelihood, you may just want the ability to filter your draws or (ideally) to bin a zombie, then cast it from the graveyard with Gisa and Geralf without needing to worry about wasting a draw on it.

I've also not had good experience with 3-mana artifact mana-producers. I suggest Dimir Signet and Talisman of Dominance instead of Mana Geode and Chromatic Lantern . Chromatic Lantern really only becomes strictly necessary in 4- or 5-color decks, and since you're 2, it seems superfluous.

I also notice you're running Xenograft and Arcane Adaptation . I don't think these cards are necessary, especially if you cut Call to the Grave for something like Grave Pact or Dictate of Erebos .

I always like seeing a list with Exquisite Blood in it; you should run Sanguine Bond as well, as these two together produce an auto-win. Also, if you put a way to grant lifelink (such as the aforementioned Whip of Erebos ), Sanguine Bond begins to act as a pseudo damage-doubler.

Depending on your meta and whether there are other creature-based black decks, Bad Moon may be a good insert as an anthem effect. Similarly, barring an over-abundance of artifact decks, you may want to include Ashes to Ashes as a two-for-one removal spell.

Since UMA came out, Entomb is only a few dollars; Buried Alive acts similarly. So I advise adding that, as well as reanimation effects like Animate Dead , Necromancy or Reanimate . Being able to produce a Grave Titan turn two is always a massive plus. But don't feel limited to just Grave Titan , though; things like Helldozer are good reanimation targets as well. If you just want big, black fatties, Massacre Wurm and Phyrexian Obliterator are two of my favorites (though they're relatively expensive).

Good luck with the zombies. The living dead are bosses.

BLEATH on Odd Removal

1 month ago

You should probably cut most if not all of your Divination effects in favor of stuff like Ponder Preordain Serum Visions and Gitaxian Probe .

Not sure what the role of Bloodmist Infiltrator is here. If you need a good sac outlet, Viscera Seer is probably the best one you'll get.

Mana Geode is strictly better than Manalith . Maybe consider running Darksteel Ingot instead. Flesh out your signet line and don't play lockets or cluestones. You'd be looking at Dimir Signet and Orzhov Signet .

Also DEFINITELY play Teysa Karlov .

mazrimtaim on H: Binder W: grixis EDH

1 month ago

I'm looking to build a grixis superfriends deck and am looking for these cards. I have just updated my binder with everything I currently have.

Wants

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Dark Intimations
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Decree of Annihilation
• 1x Deliver Unto Evil
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Interplanar Beacon
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Saheeli Rai
• 1x Saheeli, the Gifted
• 1x Sarkhan the Masterless
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker
• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 1x Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Time Sieve
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Valuable Haves

• Doubling Season
• Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
• Dark Depths
• Exquisite Blood
• 4x Goblin Guide
• japanese Alhammarret's Archive
• Mirari's Wake
• Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• Archangel of Thune
• Karlov of the Ghost Council

the rest is in my binder