Hallow

Instant

Prevent all damage target spell would deal this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

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 (49)

lagotripha on BOROS BURN AIKIDO

2 years ago

If you want to play Braid of Fire you want to set up something like grandmaster to cast multiple 'return to hand' instant/ X cost spells, backed up by a second ramp engine, and it needs to win the game. This would be easiest with setting up a Time Warp loop or similar, but there are combo options with red/white that are similar, if a little less reliable.

To do this you'd need to respec the list into a grind/control setup -Path to Exiles and Lightning Helixes with the goal of getting a winning field where you just have better topdecks and a braid that keeps ticking up. This doesn't match the rest of your list.

I'm most used to seeing Boros Reckoner alongside Swans of Bryn Argoll as part of a combo engine, but the deck here doesn't have the parts to do that (wraths/land damage). It will work fine as a 3 drop choice for boros, but it will eat up slots that could be draw engines. You could go a little higher on the curve, run some more removal and try for Light from Within or Acolyte's Reward value, but it will take tuning and likely never quite reach competitive levels.

I've seen mono red tron where you try to cast wraths and burn people out with reckoner damage/ Fireball, but it hasn't been great in a long while.

I have seen combos using Hallow+Plunge into Darkness, a long time ago. It was a janky mess leaning hard on Children of Korlis. Hallow can definitely work for getting a high life total, letting you set up something like Aetherflux Reservoir or symetric burn, but every damage spell for it has big question marks above it.

The rest of your deck outside of braid is an aggressive 'get to low life totals then exploit that' list. This is where deflecting palm shines, but also where risk factor is great. It will, over time morph into boros burn if you keep pushing the power level - the curse of competitive is that you tend to get a generic deck with 6-7 cards that are your own twist on it.

You might get something unique if you focus on cards like Timely Reinforcements, which has been a traditional control staple, to win mirror burn matchups, or figure out Molten Psyche alongside delayed symetric draw - Howling Mine or similar could power a very aggressive list.

I hope this provides ideas and options at least - I don't have any great answers.

9-lives on BOROS BURN AIKIDO

2 years ago

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Aikido of the Inward Eye and Mirror Flame

Modern* 9-lives

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What are some useful aikido cards that i could use? Perhaps Hallow? Is Harsh Mentor a good card? I think that activating abilities is common? Braid of Fire is amazing for ramp. I'm really looking for straight up draw cards that are within boros manabase. Best thing i could find was Risk Factor; Useful as a damage card early on, and a draw card whenever the opponent is lower on health.

BruhYouFarted on sideboard stuff

2 years ago

Affinity - Argothian Pixies, Citanul Druid, Hallow, Righteous Aura (Vs. Artifact Creatures and Atog + Fling respectively)

Bogles - Enchantment Alteration (yoink an opponents Ancestral Mask and put it on your creature), Cannibalize (Neither Target)

Tylord2894 on Which effects on spells carry …

3 years ago

In general when something moves between zones, it doesn't remember what was affecting it. There are exceptions and things to keep in mind, but targeting a creature spell will, for the most part, not affect the creature permanent that will be put into the battlefield.

There are a 9 exceptions to the "things moving between zones create new objects" rule. For brevity, I will not reference them, but you can find them in 400.7 of the CR (link here). The most pertinent of these exceptions for your examples is the second one, which deals with prevention effects. In your example where you cast Hallow on a hasty dragon, that dragon permanent will remember that you cast Hallow on it. Damage will be prevented, and you will gain life as that is a single prevention effect.

However, your second example does not work as described but could. When you cast Alter Reality on Abomination, you changed the wording on that spell but the permanent. In other words, the creature that enters the battlefield will not have it's ability altered. Of course, you could also cast Alter Reality targeting the creature on the battlefield. That would have the desired effect. A very important note, if you read the Gatherer rulings for Alter Reality, the last ruling will say that a spell that becomes a permanent retains any changes that you made. The rulings on the Gatherer are very rarely updated, and I'm inclined to believe this is outdated (as many rulings from 15+ years ago often are). Nowhere in the rules that talk about text-changing effects nor what traits objects remember is this discussed or referenced. That said, I could be off-base here, but that is the conclusion I came to after doing some digging.

Lastly, Un-Set cards don't really follow the rules. You just need to come to a consensus at your table.

Hope this helps!!

Yesterday on Which effects on spells carry …

3 years ago

I just remembered something that happened when I was playing... Magic Duals 2013?

I cast a hasty dragon that could swing in for lethal damage, then screwing around as the game was over, I cast Hallow targeting the dragon spell on the stack. Then swung in for ~7, but the opponent didn't take that damage and I gained that much life instead.

That makes sense, right? Equally, if a Alter Reality targets an Abomination on the stack to turn "White" to "Black" in its text, it would resolve to become a creature with lethal blocks on green or black creatures? Or something similar with More or Less I guess.

Can somebody please show me any relevant rulings for what modifications you can make to a spell that carry over to it as a permanent? I don't know how to look this up really.

antacidbrn on I am tired of losing …

4 years ago

Hallow seems like a neat spell! For only 1 mana, that is a lot of value. It also turns off spectacle and Skewer the Critics. I just hate that I have to go card for card with the burn player and wait, but it might be worth it.

Would running Leyline of Sanctity mainboard be a possibility?

And yes, there are at least 4 burn decks in a meta of 12-15 decks so I think optimizing to beat burn would take me far. However, Primevil Titan decks seem to be winning every week.

Rorolith on R/W Double Faux-Aggro

4 years ago

Cut: Righteous Blow Add: Path to Exile

Cut: Konda's Hatamoto Add: Swiftblade Vindicator

Bloodfire Enforcers are completely useless in this deck because you only have instants.

I think you should add pump spells, because the double strike creatures don't have much power to deal damage.

I would also cut Dragon-Style Twins because you only have 9 noncreature spells in there. Boros Charm would be a good card to find a place for in your deck.

As for the sideboard Cut: Hallow Add: Leyline of Sanctity , it doesn't gain you any life but it can be out at the beginning of the game and won't cost you mana that you might not have because of that. I would not recommend having any lands in your deck, and would include graveyard hate in place of it such as: Tormod's Crypt , Nihil Spellbomb , Rest in Peace , Grafdigger's Cage , and Relic of Progenitus .

Also very good sideboard cards are Pithing Needle , Blood Moon , and Fry . When designing a sideboard, you want to think of all the most likely match ups, and then include cards in your sideboard that would work well against that deck. If you don't know the most common meta for decks, you can look here: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/modern/full#paper

Caerwyn on Combo question

4 years ago

First, in the future please use the Rules Q&A section when you have questions about rules, cards, or card interactions. It has some added functionality, including the ability to “Mark as Answer” a post to show your question has been resolved.

I have gone ahead and moved this thread for you.

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This will not work as damage and loss of life are different. Damage occurs when a spell or ability specifically says you take damage, such as Lightning Bolt or Fanatical Firebrand , or through combat damage.

Loss of life occurs when your life total decreases.

Damage generally causes loss of life*; loss of life does not cause damage.

*There are some replacement effects where damage does not cause loss of life, the most common being Infect and damage prevention, such as with Hallow .