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Gurmag Swiftwing
Creature — Bat
Flying, first strike, haste
azja on yuriko edh 500
7 months ago
Hey thanks again for your comments on my primer :)
A few suggestions I have:
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Replace 2 mana enablers with weak/no abilities (such as Dimir Infiltrator and Gurmag Swiftwing) with 1 mana enablers (like Gudul Lurker) or stronger 2 mana enablers (i.e., Baleful Strix, Augury Owl).
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Replace 3 mana ramp (like Basalt Monolith, Dimir Locket) with 2 mana ramp (i.e., Dimir Signet or Talisman of Dominance).
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Soft permission spells such as Spell Pierce and Mana Leak are usually weak in budget/lower-powered pods because the games go longer. Some potential replacements could be Misdirection, Drown in the Loch.
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Cancel, Murder, Hero's Downfall, Perplex, Connive / Concoct and Rite of Undoing seem quite weak to me. Some budget-friendly cards I like that you might want to play are Curtains' Call, Portent, Far / Away, Discovery / Dispersal, Submerge, and Murderous Cut.
Good luck in your tournament!
BlackoutX on Kathril, Aspect of Nightmares
2 years ago
Stitcher's Supplier instead of Crystalline Giant , It's cheaper to play and doesn't care about being removed, chances are you will dump something with a keyword immediately making it better.
Valentin, Dean of the Vein  Flip instead of Nullpriest of Oblivion , cheaper to play with the same keywords while also stopping creatures from staying in the graveyard and potentially making your blockers. You may even play the flip side in this deck so that's added value.
Gurmag Swiftwing is worth considering since you don't have many first strikers.
Tortured Existence is amazing in this deck especially if you decide to run cards with cycling like Pale Recluse or Archfiend of Ifnir
Unearth is just good
TheAbstruse on Custom Esper Commander advice?
3 years ago
I just thought of something else that could lower the power of this card. Maybe just limit the acquiring of new abilities to Daraphim only and then change the power/toughness boosting ability to Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each keyword on them.
Scenario: Daraphim is on the battlefield. Cast Vampire Nighthawk Cast Gurmag Swiftwing
with new abilities: Daraphim will acquire deathtouch, lifelink, first strike, haste and get +6/+6, then Vampire Nighthawk and Gurmag Swiftwing will get +3/+3.
If the +6/+6 on Daraphim is too much, I could restrict the boosting ability to only affect other creatures (in which case it wouldn't get a boost all) or cut its power toughness boost to be half the number of keywords it has rounded down.
MilkmanMatty on Modern-Deathtouch
3 years ago
Ooo, this is tasty. I Love the interaction between Gurmag Swiftwing and Soulflayer!
multimedia on [Primer] Rainforest Shmainforest: Not For Hippies!
3 years ago
Hey, interesting version of Kathril and nice primer.
Fauna Shaman and Stinkweed Imp can be an engine to tutor for creatures and discard/self-mill creatures. Imp has flying keyword and dredge; Fauna is a way to get it back into your graveyard to dredge again while also tutoring for a creature. Doom Whisperer has flying/trample keywords and using life for surveil can be a self-mill/manipulate the top card of your library source. Doom is a good card while also providing keywords for Kathril. Sylvan Caryatid has important hexproof keyword while also being a source of ramp.
Cards to consider cutting:
- Gurmag Swiftwing: not needed because of Vampire Nighthawk which is a much better card.
- Majestic Myriarch: not needed because of Cairn Wanderer which is another example of better card.
- Ochran Assassin: there's much better creatures here that have deathtouch as well as other keywords.
- Expedition Map: don't see a land here that's important enough that you want to tutor for it.
Good luck with your deck.
KENeticNRG on Snapdax, Apex of Mutation
3 years ago
I would look at some of the commons and try some of these. Gurmag Swiftwing Brutal Hordechief Wingmate Roc Ankle Shanker Butcher of the Horde Garna, the Bloodflame Ride Down Mardu Charm Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
subrosian on KathyKills
3 years ago
Entomb, Jarad's Orders, Perpetual Timepiece, Fauna Shaman, Golgari Grave-Troll
Fencing Ace or another Odric guy, maybe Adorned Pouncer, haste guy? Strangleroot Geist, Banehound, Dreg Mangler, Gurmag Swiftwing? maybe haste isn't as important if you're trying to do a go tall/voltron strategy. IDK
Nylea, Keen-Eyed?? self mills, indestructible, cost reduction?
Seebaer on Ninja
4 years ago
Here is my opinion you asked for.
I would remove: Thassa, God of the Sea, Ornithopter, Notion Thief, Gurmag Swiftwing, Distended Mindbender, 1x Island, Dowsing Dagger Flip, Nevinyrral's Disk, Propaganda
You may add: Faerie Seer, Augury Owl, Sage Owl, Spark Double, Spire Owl, Insidious Dreams, Price of Fame or Snuff Out, Submerge, Scheming Symmetry, Bolas's Citadel, Cover of Darkness, Unnatural Selection, Mana Severance
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