Karfell Harbinger

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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Alchemy Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Brawl Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planechase Legal
Pre-release Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Standard Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Karfell Harbinger

Creature — Zombie Wizard

: Gain . Spend this mana only to cast a card from your hand or cast an instant or sorcery spell.

wallisface on Blighty McBlight Face

2 years ago

Nice brew, looks very fun! Some thoughts:

  • Stubborn Denial feels like it's only going to be useful after you're already in a position of power. You're unlikely to have 1 free mana during the turn you Shape Anew, so really its only useful turns after that, when you've got a bunch of untapped lands anyway. I'd replace it for more solid countermagic, like the 4th copy of Counterspell, and then perhaps Archmage's Charm to help with control & card-draw.

  • Bounce spells are generally seen as pretty weak, because in general they're costing you cards from your hand, and not costing your opponents any actual material. If you're fine splashing a secondary colour, I'd suggest adding either black or white for the additional removal options they provide, and so remove Cyclonic Rift and Stern Dismissal - destroying/exiling a think is a lot more useful than bouncing it. I could see Rift still being useful as a sideboard option, if your meta runs those.

  • I don't think you need Sailor of Means... he's kindof slow and you already have lots of options for getting artifacts. If you end up splashing white, you could run a few Thraben Inspector (this cards good enough to probably also replace Press for Answers).

  • I think you want the full playset, possibly more, of the Karfell Harbinger. On that topic, I think Baral, Chief of Compliance is a strict upgrade to that card, so I would suggest maybe running something like 4x Baral, and 2x Karfell (or even 4 of each, and drop to 20 lands). It looks like your deck wants the mana acceleration, so make sure you get it!

  • Drop Rogue's Passage, you don't need it. Blightsteel is already a massive creature with trample and infect, so even if the opponent has blockers they won't for long - you're already in a winning spot so there's no need to "win more". It would be better to hold up mana for control magic than risk tapping everything down just to get him hit with a Path or the likes.

libraryjoy on BCC Week 8 | Talrand, Sky Summoner

2 years ago

I don't understand how Battlefield Thaumaturge is benefitting this deck, unless you just want the hexproof (so wouldn't a hexproof creature be better?). Most of your creature-targeting spells cost only 1 blue, so the discount doesn't help, unless I'm missing something, which I could be. Would Invisible Stalker be better in that slot? or Karfell Harbinger ? or Surrakar Spellblade ?

Xianling69 on Kaldheim official spoilers

3 years ago

Mcat1999: i get that you're probably joking, but Karfell Harbinger likely won't see play outside of standard and pauper. spellslinger decks in nonrotating formats generally prefer Goblin Electromancer or Baral, Chief of Compliance. to put it another way, i don't think a white counterpart to harbinger would be the kind of white ramp you're looking for anyway. imagine if it produced white mana that could only be spent on enchantments. you probably wouldn't use it.

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