Drudge Spell

Enchantment

(Black), Remove two creature cards in your graveyard from the game: Put a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token into play. It has "(Black): Regenerate this creature."

When Drudge Spell leaves the battlefield, destroy all Skeleton tokens. They can't be regenerated.

Tokens

• Skeleton 1/1 B w/ Regenerate

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 (5)

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!

triproberts12 on Elenda, Mistress of Death

5 years ago

Props for not going easy mode with Edgar Markov.

As for suggestions, the best thing I think you could do to improve this deck is to make it more explosive. The way to do that would be to add free sacrifice outlets, along with creatures that provide you multiple bodies.

For bodies, I would add Hallowed Spiritkeeper, Lightning Coils, Belfry Spirit, Promise of Bunrei, Teysa, Orzhov Scion, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Sorin, Solemn Visitor, and Pawn of Ulamog.

For sac outlets, Viscera Seer, Indulgent Aristocrat, Bloodthrone Vampire, Bloodflow Connoisseur, Cartel Aristocrat, Blood Bairn, Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, Vampire Aristocrat, and Yahenni, Undying Partisan are good vampire options. Sadistic Hypnotist, Dimir House Guard, Spawning Pit, Hidden Stockpile, Mind Slash are also good. What's important is that you can go off all at once. You want to sac a bunch of creatures to grow Elenda and sac her the same turn.

The other challenge you'll want to keep in mind is that Elenda, the Dusk Rose must go to your graveyard to get the trigger. That means If you want to recast her, you'll have to reanimate her or exile her from your graveyard. Bojuka Bog, Relic of Progenitus, Angel of Finality, God-Pharaoh's Gift (and Gate to the Afterlife!), Skeletal Scrying, Rescue from the Underworld, Necromancer's Covenant, Cremate, Seance, Planar Void, Goryo's Vengeance, Postmortem Lunge, Purgatory. Despoiler of Souls, Mistmoon Griffin, Purify the Grave, Offalsnout, Coffin Purge, Drudge Spell, Cryptwailing, Treacherous Vampire, and Consecrate / Consume, Angelic Renewal, Karmic Guide, Reveillark (the prior two being an infinite loop combo), Dread Return, Nim Deathmantle (there are combos with it and Ashnod's Altar, which you also want), Palace Siege, Bloodline Necromancer, Profane Command, Unburial Rites, Faith's Reward, Ever After, Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants, Hell's Caretaker. Apprentice Necromancer, Wake the Dead, Second Sunrise, Infernal Offering, Corpse Dance, Zombify, Resurrection, No Rest for the Wicked, and Footsteps of the Goryo, are all good options.

The final piece of the puzzle is making your sacrifices devastating. Dictate of Erebos, Butcher of Malakir, Grave Pact, Black Market, Harvester of Souls, Midnight Reaper, Grim Haruspex, Zulaport Cutthroat, Open the Graves, Blade of the Bloodchief, Ogre Slumlord, Athreos, God of Passage, and Dark Prophecy will help with that.

Teysa Karlov could also be very good in this deck with all the death triggers. Nothing wrong with good old value creatures like Solemn Simulacrum, either.

You could also use a few tribal things like Kindred Dominance, Konda's Banner, Cover of Darkness, Vampire Nocturnus, Vanquisher's Banner, Path of Ancestry, and Metallic Mimic.

electromancer on SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS

5 years ago

Spooky! It's already perfect, but maybe add Drudge Spell and a couple board wipes to take advantage of all that regenerate you have on the table.

Podkomorka on Skittles Skeleton Army EDH

6 years ago

take out Drudge Spell we don't want to exile our creatures

Nemesis on Substitute for Breeding Pit?

7 years ago

the most obvious one I can think of is Bitterblossom. It's cheap (in mana) so it comes out early enough to make a difference.

your other possible options, depending on the deck, are Drudge Spell, Goblin Assault, Endless Ranks of the Dead, or Infernal Genesis.

As far as creatures go, Grave Titan is good for generating bodies on etb and every attack, Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip can generate a body a turn, if you get into the late game Dragonmaster Outcast could do the trick, Ghoulcaller Gisa could work as a trick if your opponent is about to destroy one of your creatures, and Goblin Rabblemaster pumps out a token a turn, though it's forced to attack.