Ember-Fist Zubera

Creature — Zubera Spirit

When Ember-Fist Zubera is put into a graveyard from play, it deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Zubera put into all graveyards from play this turn.

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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (10)

GrimlockVIII on Representation: List of Tribal Support in Pauper

2 years ago

@Gattison: Technically, the common Changeling Shapeshifters count as Gods and Demigods, so if you really wanted to for some reason, you could actually get the lifegain bonus from Altar of the Pantheon as long as you have one of those guys out.

Also here's some Zubera support lol:

Ashen-Skin Zubera, Ember-Fist Zubera, Floating-Dream Zubera, and Silent-Chant Zubera

Ouroboros_47 on Spiritually Greedy

5 years ago

What do you think about adding the zubera spirits? For B/R you have Ember-Fist Zubera, Ashen-Skin Zubera, and Burning-Eye Zubera. I personally like using the B/G zuberas together.

Rhadamanthus on Tribal Spell Interactions?

6 years ago

No, these cards don't interact in that way. The "in-play zone" is an old name for the battlefield. Instants and sorceries never go to the battlefield, they just stay on the stack until they resolve. In your example Blades of Velis Vel goes from the stack to the graveyard and doesn't affect Ember-Fist Zubera's ability.

hafnera on Tribal Spell Interactions?

6 years ago

Does playing Blades of Velis Vel count as a Zubera going to the graveyard from play?

So if I play Blades of Velis Vel, then sacrifice Ember-Fist Zubera, will it deal 1 or 2 damage?

Pheardemons on Devouring Greed with multiple Zuberas …

6 years ago

So let's just say Ember-Fist Zubera, Floating-Dream Zubera, and Ashen-Skin Zubera are all on the battlefield, and I cast Devouring Greed. All of the creatures die at the same time, so does each Zubera's death trigger automatically go to 3? Will I get to draw three cards, make target opponent discard three cards, and deal three damage to a target creature or player (with the effects of Devouring Greed of course), or do I have to have them trigger separately so that it'll happen in an order of one zubera trigger is at one, the second is at two, and the third is at three?

-Orvos- on

6 years ago

Clever Impersonator, Phyrexian Metamorph, Cryptoplasm, and the wonderful Clone all give you more zubera and you can pick which one they become. I do agree that you need either Ember-Fist Zubera, Zulaport Cutthroat, or Blood Artist as alternate win cons.

Also Cauldron of Souls requires the same amount of mana to get all your zubera back after they die and is repeatable off of new zubera that you draw so you don't always have to wait for your Immortal Servitude

Mistform Warchief can also help you cast more zubera :D

I really like the idea! I hope it works out!

hungry000 on

6 years ago

although i just realized that Dripping-Tongue Zubera's the only one that makes tokens lol. That makes it harder, but playing Ember-Fist Zuberas in place of the Floating-Dreams would help kill the opponent the turn you drop the Immortal Servitude. But maybe Arcane Adaptation from Ixalan can make the plan more effective? Metallic Mimic can come into play as a Zubera, and is conveniently cmc 2 so that would power up the number of tokens you can get from Dripping-Tongue.

Red_X on

6 years ago

I would start with some straight cuts/replacements.

Devouring Greed is a lackluster kill condition, too expensive, bad at any point except when you're winning, and is double black in a deck that's splashing black. I would cut it and the black lands to streamline your deck, or I would cut red. Those are the two colors that are doing the least right now.

Benefaction of Rhonas is just way too slow for modern. If you are spending 3 mana for no effect on the board you are going to lose. Commune with the Gods does the same thing but trades a card for a a mana, which is a good trade in a low to the ground deck like this. However, I think something closer to Satyr Wayfinder, which puts a body on the board, but can only get lands, or Grapple with the Past, which grabs lands or creatures from grave and works at instant speed, but only digs 3 deeper, would work better.

Your mana base is questionable. I recognize that most of that is probably budget issues, but there are still things you can do. Scry lands are about a dollar each, and much better than life lands. You also would probably benefit from a few more basics, with Evolving Wilds to filter.

Shields of Velis Vel is just bad. Just about anything on your maybe board would be a better fit.

Next, I think you need to streamline the mana base by removing a color, either red or black. I think you can work with either, but they would be very different decks. Here's my idea, but you might want to take it in a different direction.

No Red: The deck becomes much more graveyard and combo oriented. Run cards like Grisly Salvage and Thought Scour to mill as much as possible. You then run Zulaport Cutthroat and 1 Bloodthrone Vampire for a combo kill off of one of the mass revival spells.

No Black: This is a board control route. Lightning Bolt and board wipes such as Pyroclasm would be the main gain, though the latter would probably be for aggro decks that you won't get the chance to overrun. Ember-Fist Zubera is a powerful card against plenty of decks in the format because of how many relevant 1 toughness minions there are in the format.

That's it for my suggestions, but let me know if you want any more. Like the deck.